bugtraq - Re: New possible scam method : forged websites using XUL (Firefox)

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Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 12:43:36 -0700
From: Nicholas Knight <nknight@...awaynet.com>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: New possible scam method : forged websites using XUL (Firefox)

Marc wrote:

> The latest version of Firefox is 0.9.2.
> 
> 
>>The developers of Mozilla are currently looking into various
>>methods to make a fake user interface more obvious.  The most
>>likely solution will be to force the status bar to always be
>>visible, as Microsoft will do with IE6 SP2.
> 
> 
> This appears to be the case with 0.9.2.

Tools -> Options -> Web Features -> Advanced button by Java/Javascript 
check boxes. I'll bet you have "Hide the status bar" unchecked.

This caught me for a moment, too, then I remembered I always disable 
everything in the Advanced JavaScript Options box, and that's one of 
them. So users actually have a defence right now, but they have to 
specifically set it themselves.