# Don't Click It, But...... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 26, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-click-it-but/600906 "2011-10-26T21:23:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-click-it-but/600906/1 "2011-10-26T21:23:49Z")
After I look at a mail and then click out of it, I get [36ohk6dgmcd1n.yom.mail.yahoo.net](http://36ohk6dgmcd1n.yom.mail.yahoo.net) on my Vista run 64 bit machine. It is accompanied by just a blank white screen which hangs forever. Does anyone know how I can get rid of this? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-click-it-but/600906/2 "2011-10-26T23:43:37Z")
Weird. I googled that exact phrase and got basically nothing that made any sense with the possible exception of this: [http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Analytics/thread?tid=2c0910f42be82974&hl=en](http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Analytics/thread?tid=2c0910f42be82974&hl=en) There were a couple of conflicting answers there, none of which shed much light on things. What email program are you using? Yahoo? Google? via a browser or via download into something like Thunderbird or Outlook? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-click-it-but/600906/3 "2011-10-26T23:52:55Z")
**Mama Zappa** , My e-mail is through yahoo and my browser is IE9 Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-click-it-but/600906/4 "2011-10-27T01:27:56Z")
Hey Quasi, is that message appearing in the navigation bar of IE? Is it just IE going all white? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-click-it-but/600906/5 "2011-10-27T01:52:54Z")
Hey Tri That string appears at the very bottom and IE is going all white in combination. I can red x out of it and it will go to a previous site, but unless I do that, it would sit there forever. It’s when I’m in my yahoo mail. I’ll pay closer attention next time it happens. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-click-it-but/600906/6 "2011-10-27T02:06:08Z")
That URL you posted is not malicious at all. Funny-looking yes but the important part is the “[yahoo.net](http://yahoo.net)” part towards the beginning. That legitimately belongs to Yahoo. What do you do when you “click out of it”? Are you using the browser’s “Back” button? Are you clicking on something else on the Yahoo screen? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-click-it-but/600906/7 "2011-10-27T02:16:51Z")
I just red x out of it, **Zip** , but unless I do it’ll just sit there forever. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-click-it-but/600906/8 "2011-10-27T02:32:37Z")
Sounds like an issue loading that web page. Either it can’t be reached, or it doesn’t complete loading. Do you still have multiple anti-virus products running? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-click-it-but/600906/9 "2011-10-27T03:52:26Z")
Microsoft Essentials and AVG. My paid sub to AVG ran out, but for some reason they’re continuing to give it to me free. Q