RE: [Full-Disclosure] Yet another reason not to use IE! Old news ?

[Goencz, Otto]

Here's one of the site which is maintained with advertisement site list in host file format:   http://remember.mine.nu/Hosts   All of the sites in the list are "bad" news, but probably not in the context you referred to....   Otto -----Original Message----- From: Fetch, Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 2:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Yet another reason not to use IE! Old news? Just visited a well known site (Wired.com) and had a nice little piece of code cause the page that I was reading to go blank - DNS error page.   Here's the offending code (parentheses instead of slashes to not cause AV scanning issues) and thank God I wasn't using XP:   ms-its:c:((windows(Help(iexplore.chm::)iegetsrt.htm   Is it any wonder why people are still picking up malware?  When reputable sites use banner ad companies and these companies don't process or check what their clients are providing, who's to be held responsible?   So you have a thrice-removed company being the perpetrator of infecting more and more computers under the guise of a reputable site!   Yet another reason not to use IE for general Internet browsing!   Does someone happen to have a compiled list of 'bad' banner advertising companies that allow this sort of behavior?  I'd be curious to see if any other major web sites use those companies.   L8R   Brandon Fetch 817-871-4036 -- carpe ductum -- "Grab the tape"   This message is intended only for the person(s) to which it is addressed and may contain privileged, confidential and/or insider information. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action concerning the contents of this message and any attachment(s) by anyone other than the named recipient(s) is strictly prohibited.