Script Running? 2023-01-04 07:54 pm This is probably not related to Noteworthy, but I don't know where else to ask, and the nwc forum was the only thing running, and everyone on this forum is so smart!. For browsers, I have MS Edge and Google Chrome installed. The only tab open in Edge was this forum. Chrome had nothing open. I got the attached pop-up (again). Do you think I have some kind of malware running? Quote Selected
Re: Script Running? Reply #1 – 2023-01-04 11:23 pm Dear Fathafluf,It is the first time that I see this message. If I understand correctly, this appears in Edge while browsing the NWC forum.I don't think the forum is running scripts that slow down the browser, so it should be harmless to abort scripts.But the next question is of course: what did launch a script in the browser?Do you see this only in Edge, or also in chrome?Did you install plugins?Maybe plugins were installed behind you back?My suggestion would be: try to find out in which browsers this message appears en check if there are strange plugins active.If possible, uninstall and reinstall that browser - but I don't know this is possible with Edge.But before uninstalling, be sure to save your shortcuts, passwords, customizations, ...!What you can try also - I didn't do it yet - is searching for this message in google. You may (or may not) find a clue what script can cause this message to appear. EDIT: I did now and found at least this rather interesting page: https://superuser.com/questions/408886/stop-running-this-script-is-this-legitAnother thing you can try is opening task manager, select the processes or performance tab and see if the browser has a resource eating thread. I doubt you will find a clear answer here, but it's worth a try.I hope this helps a bit.Bart Quote Selected
Re: Script Running? Reply #2 – 2023-01-05 02:24 am The weird part is the title of the window - "Web Browser." If it were a legit message, I would expect to see "Microsoft Edge" or "Google Chrome" there. I think a scan for malware might be appropriate. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Script Running? Reply #3 – 2023-01-13 06:43 am I did some searches on the error message but didn't find a solution. Everyone seems surprised that the name of the browser is not displayed. Is the message coming out of a java script interpreter which might be used by more than one browser? This has happened before and seems to go away with a reboot. My system did an auto reboot, and so far, it has not come back. Thanks for your ideas. Quote Selected
Re: Script Running? Reply #4 – 2023-01-13 06:37 pm Cntl/U displays the source code of the browser. Look for the word "alert" with its contents in parenthesis (). Quote Selected
Re: Script Running? Reply #5 – 2023-01-13 10:59 pm I did that and the only line containing "alert" was the following on line 592:Code: [Select · Download]<section id="msg_73979" class="messageContent">Cntl/U displays the source code of the browser. Look for the word "alert" with its contents in parenthesis ().I tried searching for some of the words in the pop-up and didn't find any. It happened again today, but only once. At one time I wondered if the pop-up could be coming from Outlook, my email program, which is almost always open. Quote Selected
Re: Script Running? Reply #6 – 2023-01-13 11:46 pm Perhaps if you download SysInternals from m$ you can use Process Explorer (procexp) to identify the process at fault? Quote Selected
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