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Posted by Rick Brandt on 08/03/06 18:58
Stan McCann wrote:
> dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote in
> news:doraymeRidThis-EB003B.07591703082006@news-vip.optusnet.com.au:
>
> > In article <Xns98138D49A4620stanmccann@216.234.192.142>,
> > Stan McCann <me@stanmccann.us> wrote:
> >
> > Come on Stan, soften a bit and turn on javascript... Surely these
> > days it must give you pain on so many sites, they are not likely
>
> Not really; I don't mind using my back button. In most cases, I don't
> even know what I'm missing (wait a minute, yes I do. viruses and
> spyware) [snip]
Can someone explain just how having javascript enabled could deliver a virus or
spyware? I understand that ActiveX in IE is more dangerous, but isn't
javascript's ability to be "malicious" limited to doing annoying things to your
browser windows?
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Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
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RBrandt at Hunter dot com
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