I'm sure there is a technical name for links on webpages that trigger just by passing the mouse pointer over them. I don't know what it is, so I will refer to them as "hover-activated links."
I recently had an experience with a phony "security patch" site that I confirmed was a malicious hover-activated link. See the support forum, weird unprompted download "security patch"???? for particulars.
I was wondering if there might be a way to configure Firefox to disable such links. I can't see any legitimate purpose for them.
Thanks.
Hover-activated links
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patrickjdempsey
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Re: Hover-activated links
Then why would you believe there would be a "legitimate" way to disable them? It's not a Firefox feature, it's malware infected advertising as already covered in the thread you obviously didn't bother to read before posting in.UncleCharlie wrote:I was wondering if there might be a way to configure Firefox to disable such links. I can't see any legitimate purpose for them.
Tip of the day: If it has "toolbar" in the name, it's crap.
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Re: Hover-activated links
(Linked for reference, weird unprompted download "security patch"????.)
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript