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Yo,

When you come upon a webpage that opens a dialog box asking to install something, can it be coded to install when you hit the “X” instead of “Yes”?

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My first guess would be: No.
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If the dialog box is a true ActiveX install request, only \"Yes\" will start the installation.
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If you are't sure, open Task Manager and kill the process that is associated with that pop up window.
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Thanks,

Yea killing the process is what I usually do, I was just wondering if it was really necessary.
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Spidey wrote:Thanks,

Yea killing the process is what I usually do, I was just wondering if it was really necessary.
It's safer for sure. Who knows what a hacker can do with all the exploits in browsers.
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I've seen popups that are actually one image, linked, I use a non default theme and the window was in the default theme for windows XP.
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