Posted by Stubbo_of_Oz on 01/28/07 04:01

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:50:35 -0500, "Jonathan N. Little"
<lws4art@centralva.net> wrote:

>Stubbo_of_Oz wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>> I loaded them up to server and, yes, they do work in IE7!!
>>
>> So the question is, why does IE read them OK from a server but not
>> from my hard drive whereas Netscape does read Ok from HD? Very strange
>
>I bet it has something to do with M$'s MOTW (Mark Of The Web) bull....
>
>There was someone around here a while trying to explain the rational
>behind it. Since IE is also your file management tool Windows Explorer
>there has been a long, and successful I might add, history of folks
>finding ways to trick IE into thinking its in one mode when in was in
>the other allowing the black hats to sneak all kinds of junk onto the
>Unsuspecting system. So IE run *more* restrictive with web pages on a
>local hard drive!

Thanks for reply

There are no MOTW lines in the files.

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Stubbo of Oz
Central Coast
NSW, Australia

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