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wtf is all this "SymOnLoad()" stuff about?

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  • 09-02-2005 3:57am
    #1
    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭


    This is probably a stupid question, but why is this javascript appended to the end of a page and wtf, if anything, does it do?
    I guess the web server is sticking it onto the end, but for the love of God why?
    Also, will this even function seeing as it's appended after the closing html tag?
    It's just one of those little things you keep seeing and wondering until you go mad.

    Any ideas? 
    <script language="JavaScript">
<!--
var SymRealOnLoad;
var SymRealOnUnload;

function SymOnUnload()
{
  window.open = SymWinOpen;
  if(SymRealOnUnload != null)
     SymRealOnUnload();
}

function SymOnLoad()
{
  if(SymRealOnLoad != null)
     SymRealOnLoad();
  window.open = SymRealWinOpen;
  SymRealOnUnload = window.onunload;
  window.onunload = SymOnUnload;
}

SymRealOnLoad = window.onload;
window.onload = SymOnLoad;

//-->
</script>


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    #2
    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭SantaHoe


    Also, the funny thing is, I've tried googling for answers, but it just pulls up irrelevant pages where the spider bot has picked it up in the code of these random sites. :rolleyes:


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    #3
    JustHalf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,525 ✭✭✭JustHalf


    Is that all the Javascript? It seems to be missing some functions. Anything in your <head> ?


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    #4
    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭SantaHoe


    Aha... ok I've sussed it now.
    As I checked more random sites, it appears to be on every single page I open... so I starting thinking - "hmm attempted browser hijack?" but it was in both IE and Mozilla... I've nailed the culprit to Norton Internet Security... disable it, and mysterious javascript is gone... I guess the "Sym" is for Symantec (doh!)
    It's probably a pop-up blocker or something like that.
    Ah well, at least now I know. :)
    Anything in your <head> ?
    I wonder sometimes, I really do ;)


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