Re: VBS Security Vunrulbility

From: Tinkermcgreggor (Tinkermcgreggor_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/15/04

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    Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:21:02 -0800

    Thank you

    "it's Hadrian" wrote:

    > On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 02:15:25 -0500, "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp"
    > <levinson_k@despammed.com> wrote:
    >
    > >.VBS and phishing are nothing new. VBS is easy to disable, by going into
    > >Windows Explorer or My computer and select Tools, Folder Options, File Types
    > >to change the default action on .VBS and .WSH files from Open to Edit.
    > >searching www.google.com gives you .REG files that do this and more, for
    > >even better security.
    > >
    > >Why Microsoft still continues to refuse to make this the default setting on
    > >home computers even in XP SP2 after multiple requests is completely and
    > >totally beyond me.
    > >
    >
    > Also forget MSIE and Outlook.
    > Use common sense in opening attachments and for VBS, WSF, JS and more
    > look that ScripTrap
    > at
    > http://keir.net/
    >
    > might help. It works down here on an NT machine.
    >
    > Best regards,
    > Hadrian
    >
    >
    > it's Hadrian
    >
    > hadrian.spam-not@40whyspamxs.com
    >

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