Re: new bug of IE6?

From: Ian Kenefick (ian_kenefick_at_eircom.net)
Date: 01/29/05

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    Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:13:24 +0000

    On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:54:48 -0800, N. Miller
    <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

    >In article <eNP4VGLBFHA.3592@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>, giggiiii says...
    >
    >> Some days ago I visited the site "{some kind of porno thingy}". That site
    >> automatically downloaded on my computer (WinXP with SP2) a program that,
    >> every time I connect the computer to the net, downloads a virus.
    >
    ><snip>
    >
    >> Maybe a bug of IE6?
    >
    >No. A feature. You need to configure MSIE with security settings much more
    >rigid than you have done.

    Wait wait wait - forget the reconfiguration of MSIE - Choose Opera or
    Firefox - problem solved!

    Regards,
    Ian Kenefick
    http://www.IK-CS.com

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