That would send any external link you click in BF to your computer's default localhost page. So yes you'd intercept it but then you wouldn't go anywhere else.

The link skimmer sends your link to viglink.com who then forwards your request....so if you intercept viglink.com you won't get anywhere.

Disabling JS in your browser is like cutting your nose off to spite your face....Javascript is pervasive across the web....turning it off would break so many things you run across.