# Another way for pop-ups to screw ya?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-way-for-pop-ups-to-screw-ya/76399
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 15, 2001, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-way-for-pop-ups-to-screw-ya/76399 "2001-08-15T16:06:24Z")
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### Author:  [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2001, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-way-for-pop-ups-to-screw-ya/76399/1 "2001-08-15T16:06:24Z")
A couple of times now, when I went to close a pop-up window by hitting the X button at the top right, my browser shut down!
I wasn’t paying very close attention when it happened. Was the pop-up killing my browser because I closed the window? Or is the browser puking for unrelated reasons (it certainly does that from time to time, too.)
Seems like a strange strategy if it’s deliberate. It might make one think twice before closing down a pop-up window, I guess.
Er, uh, yeah, technical stuff–Netscape Communicator 4.7, java off, javascript on.
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### Author:  [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-way-for-pop-ups-to-screw-ya/76399/2 "2001-08-17T03:12:12Z")
This may be the answer to your problem, but I’m not sure:
Some times the ad itself looks like a window, but of course that ad is only an image inside a window. So, what you see in the corner is the X from the image, which, when clicked links you to the advertiser’s site. You also see the real X, so be careful you click on the right one.