Localhost error message

ASP4student · October 28th, 2012, 02:56 PM

When I open an *.aspx page in browser, I always get the errror message:

"Error: Not a valid URL: http://localhost:54223/SiteCS/Default.aspx".

I click "No", and the page is displayed. However, I have to do that at any page change or refresh, which is annoying. This happens with all the sites I created while doing the "Try It Out"-s.

Can anybody teach me how to get rid of this error message?

Imar · October 28th, 2012, 03:10 PM

That's odd. Which browser are you using? Do you have any browser plugins that may cause this? And have you tried switching the browser in Visual Studio?

Imar

ASP4student · October 28th, 2012, 04:03 PM

Thank you very much for addressing my issue.
As far a I know, I don't have any plugin.
I have just one browser, Internet Explorer 9.0.
If I click Yes, in the error message, the following code appear:

Code:

m = url.match(/^https?:\/\/([^\/]+\.)?([a-z0-9\-_]+?)\.(co|org|net|com|gov|name|arpa|mil|edu|biz|mobi|aero|asia|cat|coop|info|int|jobs|museum|pro|tel|travel|xxx|[a-z][a-z]|(co|edu|gov|net|org|com)\.[a-z][a-z])(\/|$)/i);
	if (m === null) {
		if(url.indexOf('dnserror') != -1 || url.indexOf('ieframe.dll') != -1)
		{	
			var loc_sp = url.split("#");
			if(loc_sp[1] && loc_sp[1] != '')
				window.location = "http://404bucks.com/landing/?uid="+affiliate+subid+"&domainname="+loc_sp[1];
		}
		else
			throw 'Not a valid URL: ' + url;
	}

where "throw 'Not a valid URL: ' + url" is highlighted.

That tells me the the validation expression is missing something, but I don't know where to find and it how to change it.

Imar · October 28th, 2012, 04:12 PM

Looks like you're using some external JavaScript code / library for an affiliate program? Either get rid of that code from your site, or contact the authors of the library for a fix.

Cheers,

Imar

ASP4student · October 28th, 2012, 04:35 PM

On this computer, I haven't done any other programming, but the tryouts in the book. I've never used Javascript, I'm just at ch.09 tryouts. However, I'm almost sure that in the first chapters I didn't have this issue, but I can't tell when it started. Now, I redid the first tryouts (like "Helllo World"), and the issue appear always.
I'm just suprised that nobody else experienced such an issue. I didn't find a clue in any p2p.wrox forum or in Google web searches.

Imar · October 28th, 2012, 04:51 PM

Hi there,

Take a look at the code you posted. It contains a reference to 404bucks dot com. This code is not part of the book, nor of a standard ASP.NET web site. I think you have a virus, or at least some browser hijacking application / toolbar / malware on your machine. You may be able to find out more here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...or-advertising

Cheers,

Imar

ASP4student · October 29th, 2012, 03:46 PM

Hi Imar,

Thank you so much for the link, which pointed exactly to the cause, namely the PinPhotoZoom add-on of SimplyGen publisher. I disabled it (Internet Options, Programs, Manage add-ons), and the error message ceased to appear. I uninstalled it too (Control Panel, Programs). I don't know how it got on my computer past Norton 360!
I hope this post will help others too.

Best regards,
ASP4student