Re: [Full-Disclosure] Question about the new Xupiter toolbar

From: Georgi Guninski (guninski@guninski.com)
Date: 01/31/03

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    From: Georgi Guninski <guninski@guninski.com>
To: Thor Larholm <lists.netsys.com@jscript.dk>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:24:18 +0200

    Thor Larholm wrote:
    > There is no such thing as a "standard ActiveX drive-by download mechanism",
    > that term is utterly FUD.
    >

    Has m$ fixed the "feature" of installing old buggy activex signed by them?

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