Re: Spyware/adware and Internet Explorer

From: Frode (news_at_mascot.REMOVETOREPLY.dyndns.org)
Date: 02/03/04 

Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 12:18:47 +0100

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Steven Burn wrote:
>No, it's not true. Ad/spyware affects 99% of browsers, not just IE.

How so? It's my impression the vast majority of malware installed through
browsing does so via IE security holes.

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Frode

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