Scary IE bug!!

[Gonad the Barbarian]

I just checked WindowsUpdate, says I'm all patched up. Running IE6 on Win98.

 

[swayinOtis]

<< Well if you have your security settings done right, it should pop up an error saying you can't run ActiveX applications on this webpage...

It amazes me that people leave their computers so open to abuse...

--Christopher >>



too many websites using that stuff means you more or less have to. unless you want to be annoyed with pop ups all the time telling you this and that wasn't allowed, etc.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

I applied the fix and now get the ActiveX pop-up. Did you guys already getting the pop-up have that setting correct by default?

 

[tweakmm]

<<

<< Well if you have your security settings done right, it should pop up an error saying you can't run ActiveX applications on this webpage...

It amazes me that people leave their computers so open to abuse...

--Christopher >>



too many websites using that stuff means you more or less have to. unless you want to be annoyed with pop ups all the time telling you this and that wasn't allowed, etc. >>


last time I checked, not many websites are using active X plug-ins.

 

[Martin]

For those of your that nothing happened.

Click the second link and type ANY application path, since the first link is only configured for Winnt/2k.


This will run the specified program.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

<< last time I checked, not many websites are using active X plug-ins. >>



It is getting used more and more for fancy menu navigation. I hate the crap, wish it and Java would just go away. I have yet to see anything worth a damn that you can do in either of those and not with plain old html.

 

[GooberPHX420]

<< must be for win2k and XP. i don't have a c:\winnt directory in Win98 >>



lol bro windows 98 isnt an NT based OS

Windows Nt, Windows 2000, windowsXP <~~~NT based

 

[tweakmm]

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<< last time I checked, not many websites are using active X plug-ins. >>



It is getting used more and more for fancy menu navigation. I hate the crap, wish it and Java would just go away. I have yet to see anything worth a damn that you can do in either of those and not with plain old html. >>


I'd be currious to see a real website that uses active X plug ins, do you have any links?

 

[ddjkdg]

I dunno if this works the same way as the app bug posted above, but my buddy sent it to me. Going to this page will log you off your computer if you are in XP and IE6. Sorry if it's a repost.

http://www.krypton3d.com/xp/

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

HardOCP.com is the only one that comes to mind as it's the only one I tend to visit repeatedly. I think citibank.com uses it as well but with everything turned off I can't even get to their site to check.

 

[hoihtah]

wow... this is pretty scary.

 

[Harvey]

Looks like the Software Borg finally woke up on some of this. I'm downloading these as I'm posting this:

Security Update, February 14, 2002 (Internet Explorer 5.5)
313 KB/ Download Time: 1 min
This update resolves the "Incorrect VBScript Handling in Internet Explorer can Allow Web Pages to Read Local Files" security vulnerability in Internet Explorer 5.5 and Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me), Windows 98, or Windows NT® 4.0, and is discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-009. Download now to prevent a malicious user from using an unauthorized Web site to read the contents of files on your local computer. Read this first

Security Update, February 11, 2002 (Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2)
2208 KB/ Download Time: 7 min
The "11 February 2002 Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer" update eliminates all previous security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer versions 5 and higher, including six new vulnerabilities that have not been included in any previous update, and is discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-005. Download now to protect your computer from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could allow an attacker to run code on your computer

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Scary.

Harvey - those don't get rid of this IE bug - I dled those a week ago and I just got the thing to open up a couple diff apps :|

 

[RSI]

I'm using IE6 on Win2K and this doesn't work for me. The calc won't open, and no matter what I type in manually nothing happens. I guess that's a good thing?

 

[Bluga]

<< using win2k. it opens calculator and notepad.. >>

 

[swayinOtis]

<< must be for win2k and XP. i don't have a c:\winnt directory in Win98

lol bro windows 98 isnt an NT based OS >>



That's why I said it must be for win2k and XP. duh.



<< Windows Nt, Windows 2000, windowsXP <~~~NT based >>



see above. You're not the sharpest tool in the shed.