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Clipboard Hack Problem - Shocking news about CTRL+C 
 
Ctrl+C may be the most important work we do everyday. But it's not a very safe 
thing to do. Read on to know why. What happens when you press Ctrl+C while you 
are online. We do copy various data by Ctrl + C for pasting elsewhere. This 
copied data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the net by a 
combination of Javascripts and ASP. This is called clipboard hack problem. 
 
Just try this: 
1. Copy any text by Ctrl + C
2. Click the Link: http://www.sourcecodesworld.com/special/clipboard.asp
3. You will see the text you copied was accessed by this web page. 
 
Surprised! I know you are because i was also surprised to see it. Do not keep 
sensitive data (like passwords, credit card numbers, PIN etc.) in the clipboard 
while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the text stored in the 
clipboard to steal your sensitive information. Forward this information to as 
many friends as you can, to save them from online frauds! 
 
It is true, text you last copied for pasting (copy & paste) can be stolen when 
you visit web sites using a combination of JavaScript and ASP (or PHP, or CGI) 
to write your possible sensitive data to a database on another server. 
 
How Cipboard Hack is done? 
 
The Clipboard hack is done by the following Source Code: 
 
 
 
How to safeguard yourself from Clipboard Hack Problem? 
 
To avoid clipboard hack problem, do the following: 
1. Go to internet options->security.
2. Press custom level. 
3. In the security settings, select disable under Allow paste operations via 
script. (Scripting sub heading)
 
Now the contents of your clipboard are safe. 
 
Interestingly, this hack works only on internet explorer, and not on Mozilla 
Fire
 
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