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Security and privacy alert ! (SERIOUS ISSUE) (General Discussion)
Security and privacy alert ! (SERIOUS ISSUE) // General DiscussionananasAug 5, 2003, 6:37pm
On Refresh (Ctrl+R) IE6 sends the HTTP request
to www.msn.com and to www.alexa.com too. This can include passwords !!! More information : http://www.secunia.com/advisories/8955/ They recommend to block msn and alexa with a firewall or use a normal browser. goober kingAug 5, 2003, 7:56pm
One more reason to use Mozilla! :D
[View Quote] > On Refresh (Ctrl+R) IE6 sends the HTTP request > to www.msn.com and to www.alexa.com too. > > This can include passwords !!! > > More information : > > http://www.secunia.com/advisories/8955/ > > They recommend to block msn and alexa with a > firewall or use a normal browser. > -- Goober King More where that came from awnews at awnews.org andrasAug 5, 2003, 10:01pm
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> On Refresh (Ctrl+R) IE6 sends the HTTP request
> to www.msn.com and to www.alexa.com too. > > This can include passwords !!! > > More information : > > http://www.secunia.com/advisories/8955/ > > They recommend to block msn and alexa with a > firewall or use a normal browser. > Much better explanation and solution: http://www.imilly.com/alexa.htm -- Andras "It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson) ananasAug 5, 2003, 11:20pm
I lately tried the Firebird - it's great and very fast - and
although I do not like skins, I have nice buttons now :-) [View Quote] bowenAug 6, 2003, 5:04am
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Let's see IE5 have a popup blocker built into it's package.
-- --Bowen-- No of SETI units returned: 62 Processing time: 51 days, 22 hours. (Total hours: 1246) www.setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu leafAug 6, 2003, 12:28pm
lady murasakiAug 6, 2003, 1:59pm
strike rapierAug 6, 2003, 3:48pm
Probably an IE6 ocx / DLL on a VB project ;) My school blocked off IE using
something that closed the windows by their handle... I just used the OCX in VBA to bypass it. - Mark [View Quote] |
