On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 01:39, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 23 Oct 2003 11:56 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > James, scripting is turned off for mail in Mozilla. Is there > > > somewhere else you say that I must disable scripting? She's on > > > Win98, if we are talking os level. > > > > > > Anne > > > > Anne, > > I could be wrong but my information is that it's due to the > > integration of IE and win98 ( done poorly or not is your decision.) > > Open IE and click tool-options and then the advanced tab. Disable > > the "install on demand (Others)" and this is supposed to disable > > this "feature" in programs other than IE. The problem is caused by > > the apparently common habit of doing the equivalent of an include * > > Which as I understand it means that a lot of programs that > > can't/don't need this feature have it anyway because of the > > universal include. So things can happen behind your back so to > > speak. It seems that it's a case of poor programming. > > > James, she doesn't use IE at all - Mozilla for both mail and browsing. > Are you saying that if we don't configure IE as though she is going > to use it, it can still be used by the malware? I must admit I had > not considered that possibility. > > Anne
In order to prove to the US Gov that IE was "inseparable" from the OS they put certain config items into the IE tool menu. Hence the two features 'Install on Demand (IE)' and 'Install on Demand (Others)' Mozilla falls into the others category. James
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