Back Button Adds Favorites?

[irregularjoe]

I think this is a new scam.

Using IE 7 I was searching for drug prescribtion cost info on Google. This one particular site that kept coming up for "cheap canadian drugs" or some such nonsense would open an "add to favorites" dialog box whenever I tried to use the back button. I had to close the window to get rid of them.

Has anyone heard of this?

[TheTerrorist_75]

That's a new one to me. I would have viewed the source to see how they scripted it.

[irregularjoe]

That's a new one to me. I would have viewed the source to see how they scripted it.

Here's the url if you want to check it:

Back button to favorites

I tried it again in another session. Same results. I also noticed that it happens when you try to close the window.

I'm not interested in buying anything from them. Just wondering about the favorites trying to open.

[TheTerrorist_75]

Bingo! It doesn't try to bookmark the site using Opera.

<script>
<!--
var book;
function bookmark(){

  if (book != 1) {
	if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {
	window.external.AddFavorite("http://newpeoplesite.com/e/ch/index.php?&pid=eph4883",'Canadian Health&Care Mall');
}
  }
}
-->
</script>

Edited February 10, 2007 by TheTerrorist_75

[irregularjoe]

Bingo! It doesn't try to bookmark the site using Opera.

<script>
<!--
var book;
function bookmark(){

  if (book != 1) {
	if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {
	window.external.AddFavorite("http://newpeoplesite.com/e/ch/index.php?&pid=eph4883",'Canadian Health&Care Mall');
}
  }
}
-->
</script>

The code is a little over my head.

So why does it do it in IE (other than the usual M$ issues) and not in Opera?

[shanenin]

This may help

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/dhtml/article.php/3470451

[martymas]

well i go to the moon on one leg it did it to me and i use IE6

i had to close the browser off

it must be the site

enticeing you to visit the page again

marty

[jcl]

The code is a little over my head.

So why does it do it in IE (other than the usual M$ issues) and not in Opera?

This line

if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {

checks if the browser is IE before evaluating the code the add the favorite. It probably wouldn't work anyway; I doubt Opera has the AddFavorite API the script uses.

[irregularjoe]

The code is a little over my head.

So why does it do it in IE (other than the usual M$ issues) and not in Opera?

This line

if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {

checks if the browser is IE before evaluating the code the add the favorite. It probably wouldn't work anyway; I doubt Opera has the AddFavorite API the script uses.

OK. I understand now.

Thanks.

Joe