Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

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Re: Unix and Email Viruses

Author:	Jim Roepcke
Posted:	6/16/1999; 4:13:13 PM
Topic:	Unix and Email Viruses
Msg #:	7471 (In response to 7461)
Prev/Next:	7470 / 7472

> > disable ActiveX and JavaScript in your web browser

> Why JavaScript? Or did you mean Java?

There are some serious JavaScript exploits around that still haven't been published by the cracker community.

At least Java has a security model.

But sure, disable Java too if you want to be absolutely safe :-)

Jim

PS: Netscape plug-ins are inherently just as unsafe as ActiveX components :-)

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