On Monday 20 Oct 2003 4:42 am, Jack Coates wrote: > On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 20:27, Eric Huff wrote: > > > > I don't understand how she gets them on mozilla. i thought > > > > mozilla was smart enough not to run stuff w/o permission? > > > > > > > > What are the virii taking advantage of? Is it an html issue? > > > > > > There are virii that use Java, Javascript, Flash, you name it, > > > and then there's the evil code masquerading as something > > > innocuous. The issue here is architectural -- the OS bases > > > execution decisions on nothing more than the file name suffix, > > > then executes code with full privileges to do whatever it > > > wants. Mozilla on Windows is better than IE on Windows, but > > > it's still building castles in a swamp. > > > > But why is the OS running attachments in an email w/o the user > > saying so? > > > > Anne said her daughter wasn't clicking on them. Even that they > > had caused problems before she heard from the antivirus prog. > > > > Sorry if i sound daft. Just trying to wrap my head around > > this... > > > > eric > > Mozilla, Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Scripts and Plugins, she's > probably got them enabled for mail and news reader. If that isn't > enabled, then they shouldn't be able to do anything, but if it is > enabled then preview pane will be enough to launch Bad Things(TM).
I'm pretty sure I turned that off, but I'll certainly check. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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