No, web pages can change it without asking you. -av
Oskar 'Zoot' Lindgren wrote: > And if I was you, I would have wait a few seconds and I would see that it is > a question pop-up! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "[BD]Avatar-X" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:55 PM > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Virus on the list ? > > > Yes, I agree. One of the most annoying Javascript things is the fact that > in Internet > > Explorer, Javascript can be used to change your homepage, without asking > you. What kind > > of feature is that?? If I was the programmer who had implemented that at > Microshaft, I > > would have taken a few seconds more to code a question pop-up. > > > > -av > > > > Pat Magnan wrote: > > > > > The author of the web based email package I use (neomail) patently > > > refuses to add any time of HTML support whatsoever. Some view him as > > > backwards for this view, but frankly I applaud his decision. > > > > > > Having the capability to read and parse arbitrary content in a mail > > > package is exactly what has lead to this wave of email viruses. Do we > > > really need a scripting engine so powerful that any program can do > > > anything to the system, particularly when there is no particular (at > > > least that I've ever worked out) system security. > > > > > > At least on Unix, most users are severly hampered from destroying > > > anything particularly important (save their own data), even though > > > there's more powerful scripting languages than WSH (in my opinion > > > anyway). > > > > > > I still think most of these viruses depend on you opening the > > > attachment (although that may not be the case for long, if JavaScript > > > or ActiveX can be employed to help out a bit by a sufficiently clever > > > virus author). > > > > > > > Is this something I need to open McAfee for or can it be avoided by > > > not > > > > opening any files? My e-mail client is gay and automatically views > > > the > > > > first new e-mail so if I can get this thing by just viewing the e-mail > > > > I'm screwed already. > > > > > > > > On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:53:30 -0500 "[BD]Avatar-X" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > lol... i got a file called docs.doc.pif > > > > > > > > > > But since i'm not stupid enough to use Outlook, i didn't even see > > > > > the attachment. > > > > > -av > > > > > > > > > > Leon Hartwig wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Is this one of those 'one hand clapping' type of questions? > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: Oskar 'Zoot' Lindgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 8:14 AM > > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Virus on the list ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > why can�t i send to this list any longer? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > From: Benjamin 'RirA' Rosenberger > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 5:06 PM > > > > > > > Subject: [hlcoders] Virus on the list ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > yes, there is a virus on this list! BUT THEY DID NOT SEND IT TO > > > > > THE > > > > > > > LIST, just to everyone single! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > SUCKER WHO DID THAT, just delete the mail you got, DO NOT OPEN! > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > ---------- > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > Benjamin 'RirA' Rosenberger > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > www.rossispage.de <http://www.rossispage.de> > > > > > > > ICQ# 76679953 > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > ---------- > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > > > archives, please visit: > > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > > > archives, please visit: > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > archives, please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > Eight percent of life is showing up. > > > -- Woody Allen > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
