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Re: Active X exploit.
From: paulle () MICROSOFT COM (Paul Leach)
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 12:16:06 -0700
---------- From: alan () lxorguk ukuu org uk[SMTP:alan () lxorguk ukuu org uk] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 1997 1:25 PM To: Paul Leach Cc: BUGTRAQ () NETSPACE ORG Subject: Re: Active X exploit.That's more secure than what I buy at the store.When sir, was the last time you walked into a store and every time you looked at a package it automatically installed itself and ran ?
The actual answer: the last time I bought a CD-ROM based package. Take a look at "autorun.inf" on a CD-ROM. ActiveX controls from a software vendor only automatically run if you have previously stated that you are willing to automatically run any signed code from that software vendor. Paul
Current thread:
- Re: Active X exploit. Andreas Bogk (Aug 26)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Active X exploit. Paul Leach (Aug 26)
- Re: Active X exploit. Casper Dik (Aug 27)
- Re: Active X exploit. David Holland (Aug 27)
- Re: Active X exploit. Alan Cox (Aug 27)
- Re: Active X exploit. Lutz Donnerhacke (Aug 27)
- Re: Active X exploit. Paul Leach (Aug 27)
- Re: Active X exploit. Erik Tornstam (Aug 28)
- Re: Active X exploit. Frank Kargl (Aug 28)