Re: Security Problem with Remote Web Sight accesing my C Drive

From: Clay Calvert (ccalvert@Wanguru.com)
Date: 06/16/02


From: "Clay Calvert" <ccalvert@Wanguru.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 08:39:06 -0400


Use the following URL in your browser:

file://c:/

See what they've done is simply created frames to make it look like their
program can read your C: drive.

"Des Van Der Merwe" <dezvan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e5f101c213ac$90452b30$9ae62ecf@tkmsftngxa02...
> While Browsing the web I came across a sight that
> advertises privacy software but in the process they access
> your C: drive through a Web Browser and display it back to
> you as evidence of what they can do.
>
> I have installed and configured my computer with all
> Microsoft pateches and recomendations that I can Find but
> have failed to stop this from happening
>
> Please view the attached jpg for more information
>
>
> Any Ideas
>
> Des



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