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Have you ever had disastrous results from clicking on a link? If so, what happened, and how was it resolved? ~

Posted - December 23, 2017

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  • 5354
    I once stumbled on a website that opened popup window after popup-window until it had consumed my entire stack and  cache. I don't know if the site was deliberately hostile to visitors or if it was a programming error, but I learned how to close the browser despite all CPU resources being busily used ;-))
      December 23, 2017 11:33 AM MST
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  • 22891
    not yet cause i dont click on links from people i dont know
      December 23, 2017 2:38 PM MST
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  • 17602
    Gosh yes!  I click on one back in 2009 and it took me to Answerbag......................and look, here I am in 2017 still playing with many of the same great folks.  What a disaster....
      December 23, 2017 2:44 PM MST
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  • 5835
    Porn sites used to place cleverly misleading ads on sites. You knew instantly when you had found one because one site would automatically load another, and you might have dozens of windows open in your browser. Even if that didn't go on forever, closing one window automatically opened another for a different site, so it was a test of your technical skill to regain control of your machine.
      December 24, 2017 12:53 AM MST
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