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Posted by Rick Brandt on 08/05/06 00:17
Adrienne Boswell wrote:
> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Rick Brandt"
> <rickbrandt2@hotmail.com> writing in
> news:sHrAg.2171$gY6.1405@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com:
>
> > 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?
> >
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting> has an excellent
> article.
Those all seem to be realted to holes that would allow a hacker to obtain
information. I didn't see anything about installing viruses or malware onto the
client.
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