Re: This one got me...watch out for this trick
From: George Hester (hesterloli_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/20/04
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 19:23:34 -0500
I probably should do that. Since I rarely open email I fugured I was smarter then the average bear. Time to rethink that I spz.
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George Hester
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"N. Miller" <nsm@blackhole.aosake.net> wrote in message news:MPG.1abc6de79dcff5b6989de0@msnews.microsoft.com...
> In article <um7R58HCEHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>, hesterloli@hotmail.com
> says...
>
> > Actually it is not Attachements that are the worry here. This has nothing to do with attachments. The issue is ActiveX retrieved in HTML mail by code such as this:
>
> > [object code="http;\\thespammer.com"][\object] or [iframe src=""][\iframe]
>
> > But thanks anyway. Outlook Express 5.5 has solved these issues but the trick is still there.
>
> Lock down MSIE against running scripts in the Internet zone. Put MSOE in the
> Restricted sites zone, and lock that zone down against everything.
>
> Personally, I can't see the advantage of MSOE 5.5 over MSOE 6.0. If you are
> going to run MSOE at all, you might as well go with the latest. But what
> does someone who relies on Pegasus Mail for email and Gravity for news know,
> eh? I guess I am just not too bright! ;)
>
> {Too lazy to insert that snippet of HTML into a faux message for MSOE 6 to
> chew on. I wonder how unpatched MSOE news readers will react to it?
> Hopefully my edit defanged that lil' snake.}
>
> --
> Norman
> ~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
> ~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
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