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Site preventing Page-closing, CTRL+W, Window Button, etc

Çağlar Arlı      -    47 Views

Site preventing Page-closing, CTRL+W, Window Button, etc

I was happily learning ReactJS when I accidentally clicked the URL for www.someurl.com. After all the redirects, the final page prevented me from leaving using CTRL+W, Windows key, Escape, Opening the taskbar, etc. I finally had to resort to shutting down my computer to turn it off.

I don't think this part is relevant, but my password stopped working afterward (I checked it and am sure it was correct). I restarted my computer to get it working again.

This site asks for my Microsoft Account data to unlock the site, as well as what the creator tried to make look like a windows screen. I also noticed that the site someurl, my Calling Line Identification (CLID), and City were all stored in the query parameters.

I believe that this can trick people who find a tutorial that is meant to include a random website, but uses someurl.com. Accidental clicks can trick the young and elderly.

How can this happen? How can we prevent such?

Update2: I noticed the website icon is supposed to be /w3, which downloads something. Maybe this makes the site and the source code dangerous?