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Originally Posted by Glorfindel
what I meant was that some viruses attempt to install when you close the page it's on...
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Ah, OK, I see. I wasn't sure if your comment was tongue-in-cheek or not. Hard to tell online sometimes how things are intended. Thanks for clarifying.
Now that you mention it, about things trying to install when you close a web page, a while back I went to a page where a popup window showed up offering to download something, and clicking on any button in that window (even if it said "no" or "cancel") would start a download, or even using the red 'x' in the corner to close the window would start the download. I think in that case I closed the entire browser and ran a scan with Malwarebytes, which did find a partial of a malware file.
I've also had it happen where I've gone to a web page and my AV software popped up a warning about some malware of some sort trying to run. If my memory is correct, I think that was a java exploit, which my antivirus software blocked. (I don't have java on my windows machines anymore.)
When I read Alexander's post, I had wondered if it was that sort of exploit in a signature or something like that that Alexander was referring to.