How to Close a Bad Website or Webpage on a Windows Computer [2024]

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Other than passwords, this is the problem we hear about most often: accidentally landing on a scary, deceptive web page and not being able to close it! This video will show you how that typically happens, and how to quickly and easily get yourself out of trouble using keyboard keys.

[@chriskukowski398]

lmao, I'm so going to send this to a couple of my co-workers next time they call. Thank you so very much.

[@computersdotmom]

Happy to help! That's exactly why I started this channel--so many clients asking the same questions. Sounds like you're the go-to tech guy--good luck to you!

[@johnstafford8488]

Thanks. Never heard of that shortcut for task manager. I use Windows but my main machine is Ubuntu (Linux). Same shortcut works on it. Another good tip is never select the option to auto restore previous session. Otherwise the bad page will just keep returning. I normally do restore, but I select it manually. Learned that the hard way. Had to uninstall Firefox & lost all history, bookmarks, saved passwords etc.

[@computersdotmom]

You're welcome! You might consider setting up a firefox account so all that data is synchronized to the web (free) and you don’t lose it if you have to uninstall.

[@johnstafford8488]

@@computersdotmom Nope. Gonna keep everything local. I now clone regularly on multiple disks for both Windows & Linux. Could have a total system crash & not lose a thing.

[@computersdotmom]

@@johnstafford8488 I hope you never do, but I have had clients lose everything to fire or flooding, so I’m a big believer in having cloud backup IN ADDITION.

[@johnstafford8488]

@@computersdotmom Chances of that are still pretty slim. I'm just not all that confident of cloud security. I know you can still get hacked, but I do most my online with Linux. Safer than Windows any day.