Re: Found website that can read my hard drive - How??

From: eve (dabeck@hotmail.com)
Date: 03/12/02 

From: "eve" <dabeck@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 23:19:30 -0500

"FromTheRafters" <gonad@nomad.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Net Moose" <netmoose@newsguy.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.16f6a13cc6d6d5c2989681@news.newsguy.com...
> > Hello All,
> >
> > Please excuse my ignorance if this is a common report but I wanted to
> > let people know about a website that is able to provide a listing of my
> > hard drive. The scary thing is I did not download an ActiveX control or
> > a Java Applet. I just broswed to a page and there in an HTML list box
> > was a listing of the files and folder on my C: drive. The site URL is as
> > follows:
>
> It's a bit like looking in the mirror and thinking
> someone stole your face. This person is using
> a trick to lure you into downloading something.
> Kind of like the "vicious new computer virus
> will make your computer explode, buy poop-
> scan now and protect yourself now from this
> new threat".
>
>

I saw that on TechTV the other night. Its a good way to scare the billions
of non-technicial people in the world. It would scare me if I didn't know
what it was...

eve

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