Is it possible to block websites from refreshing themselves

There are some websites (for example ynet.co.il - Hebrew), that keep refreshing themselves every X minutes.

Is there a way to block them from doing so ?

(I use win XP with google chrome)

Solution 1:

Sites may also implement auto-refresh through plain HTML using the META tag. Almost all the popular browsers have some way of detecting META refreshes.

In Internet Explorer 8: go to Tools > Internet options > Security tab > Custom Level button > Miscellaneous category > check the Disable radio button for the "Allow META REFRESH" option.

In Firefox (I tested in ver 3.6): go to Tools > Options.. and in the Advanced section's General tab, check the "Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page" checkbox in the Accessibility panel.

In Opera, you can go to Preferences > Advanced > Network and uncheck "Enable automatic redirection" checkbox

Solution 2:

Turning off javascript should work.

A bit of an extreme/crude method, but should be effective.