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From: smenard at nbnet.nb.ca (Stephen Menard) Subject: Drive-by download from a spam email message Don't let the net byte you ! why are you opting out of spam? is there some secret formula or just asking for trouble. is this just a newbie troll :-) You've gotta -TRUST- microsoft and all their software. Special install routines... Don't you update by windowsupdate website ? Did you realize registry usually says Signature Fail causes silent install to work [something like it] there's moore holes richard, you're good at finding them PSSS anybody have an e-learning accoutn with Microsoft dev passport? I got to see someone else data this morning. screen shots available, I don't live in Texas, nor have a zip code but click2learn thinks so smenard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms@...puterbytesman.com> To: <>; "'Richard M. Smith'" <rms@...puterbytesman.com> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 11:05 PM Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Drive-by download from a spam email message > Hi, > > I just tried to opt-out from a spam email message from some sort > Internet keyword system. When I went to the opt-out page for the > mailing list, I got hit with a drive-by download that asked me to > install an ActiveX control called the "Internet Marketing Agency". > There isn't a clue on the opt-out page what this control does. I said > "No" on the install. > > Here's the opt-out page: > > http://upgradingyourbrowser.com/removerequest.html > > Is Microsoft ever going to do something about the drive-by download > problem in Internet Explorer? ActiveX downloads should only happen if a > user asks for a control in the first place. These silent downloads are > bad news. > > Richard M. Smith > http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html >
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