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    what happens when....

    ....you first go to Natwest's web site?

    Cos for me, on both PC's on both IE AND Firefox....

    when you visit www.natwest.com lots of little browser windows open...and then shut again.

    Watch the top left of your screen....and in Firefox...when you LEAVE the web site, lots open and shut again....

    and thats NOT logging in...just visiting! Weird huh?

    Its been doing it for a few weeks.....are Natwest being monitored....? Or is it something they do deliberately to STOP hacking?

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    Nothing on mine, just slows right down for about 5 seconds. Thats with IE6 btw.

    Very strange, i know what you're describing, used to happen on the Halifax site for me.

    Edit: I tell a lie, about 5 boxes just flashed up then closed. Very strange

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    heh google toolbar to stop pop ups, none of that here

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    but TiG..they close again..in a split second.....

    they never open....you never get to see them.....they just flash up and then they're gone

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
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    It did it with me too! (I purposly stoped my popup blocker!) I don't know if this is a bad thing or not. Could they (or someone) be getting data from out PC's, or are they just stopping hacking etc? I'd have thought they're just attempting to stop people from taking other people's money/bank details etc.

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    It does it to me. I remember it happening first time i used the online banking thingy which was december/january.

    Edit: dont know if there was this many though. popupstopper just blocked 4 windows

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    http://www.natwest.com/common/javascript/library.js - This looks to be the code that's doing it. Here's a snip:
    Code:
    function popWindow(url,fromFlash) {
       this.window.name = "home";         
       var popupWindow=window.open(url, "_nw", "width="+700+",height="+530+",left=10,top=50,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,menubar=yes,location=no,toolbar=yes,status=yes");
        if (!IE4down) popupWindow.focus();
       
       BLN_POPUP_CODE_EXECUTED = true; // flag that the popup code has has been executed
       if (!fromFlash){
        return false;
       }
    }
    
    function popWindowUnder(url) {
       this.window.name = "home";         
       var popupWindow=window.open(url, "_nw", "width="+653+",height="+376+",left=10,top=50,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,menubar=no,location=no,toolbar=no,status=yes");
        //if (!IE4down) popupWindow.focus();
       parent.window.focus();
       BLN_POPUP_CODE_EXECUTED = true; // flag that the popup code has has been executed
    
    }
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    The problem is it's the flash movie that calls the javascript to open the windows so there's no easy way to tell what URLs it's opening and therefore what they might be doing. There are two possibilities

    - they are setting up some tracking information and recording that information
    - they are attempting to gain some information from you about browser, history, preferences etc

    They could also be testing if your browser supports popups but none of the reasons justify opening multiple windows. I'm sure there is probably a sound technical reason for doing this but to be honest it smacks of poor code and uncompliant design. I'd send a mail to their webmaster and ask why they are doing it. Would be interesting to see if they respond. In the mean time just block popups from that site

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    why is it always ME who spots these things tho

    Seem to be plagued by stuff like this

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
    "The second you aren't paying attention to the tool you're using, it will take your fingers from you. It does not know sympathy." |
    "If you don't gaffer it, it will gaffer you" | "Belt and braces"

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