RE: Question about the new Xupiter toolbar

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

Nope, but we all already knew the answer. ;-) IE also doesn't remember a
"No" decision.  IE will just keep downloading the same ActiveX control
no matter how many times one says "No".  Turning off ActiveX downloading
is no solution either.  IE then just then popups with the silly warning
saying Web pages can't rendered properly.

Almost everything in the IE download scheme is designed to get people to
accept ActiveX controls for better or worse.  It's all very crappy
security policy but wonderful for the sleazy marketers.

Richard

-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com
[mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of Georgi
Guninski
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 11:24 AM
To: Thor Larholm
Cc: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Question about the new Xupiter toolbar


Thor Larholm wrote:
> There is no such thing as a "standard ActiveX drive-by download
mechanism",
> that term is utterly FUD.

Has m$ fixed the "feature" of installing old buggy activex signed by
them?

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