Re: Yet another reason not to use IE! Old news?

[Bart.Lansing () kohls com]

Brandon,  did you by any chance take the time to let Wired know what's
going on?  I understand it's their responsibility and it should nto be
happening...but, it's possible they don't even know.

Bart Lansing
Manager, Desktop Services
Kohl's IT


full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com wrote on 08/10/2004 01:00:06 PM:

> Just visited a well known site (Wired.com) and had a nice little
> piece of code cause the page that I was reading to go blank ? DNS error
page.
> Here?s the offending code (parentheses instead of slashes to not
> cause AV scanning issues) and thank God I wasn?t using XP:
>
> ms-its:c:((windows(Help(iexplore.chm::)iegetsrt.htm
>
> Is it any wonder why people are still picking up malware?  When
> reputable sites use banner ad companies and these companies don?t
> process or check what their clients are providing, who?s to be held
> responsible?
>
> So you have a thrice-removed company being the perpetrator of
> infecting more and more computers under the guise of a reputable site!
>
> Yet another reason not to use IE for general Internet browsing!
>
> Does someone happen to have a compiled list of ?bad? banner
> advertising companies that allow this sort of behavior?  I?d be
> curious to see if any other major web sites use those companies.
>
> L8R
>
> Brandon Fetch
> 817-871-4036
> -- carpe ductum -- "Grab the tape"
>
>
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