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Re: Popup security sales gimmick
From: Adexter <hercules_84058 () yahoo com>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:06:39 -0800 (PST)
It seems that way. I have ran into similar sales gimmicks many times. I usually don't allow Java applets to run on my personal systems. Quite a few clients of mine have ran into similar things and been seriously "freaked out" as it could do that to a person. It is just a little Java Applet trick, of which I am not all that versed on, that displays your local root directory to the viewer. As far as I know it isn't actually exploitable or even shown to anyone but you. Thanks for sending us another link to watch out for. Aj Dexter Hidden Network Security Offering Online Vulnerability Assessments http://security.place.cc --- netsec novice <netsec9 () hotmail com> wrote:
I ran into this popup and initially it concerned me. I thought I would post it here for confirmation on its validity. It appears to me that this site runs a script that simply displays your c: drive contents rather than actually being able to obtain the information. I could see how it could scare some people though. Check it out for yourself. http://www.interneteraser.com/error.html
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