Microsoft Says, Don't Press the F1 Key In XP

Ian Lamont writes "Microsoft has issued a security advisory warning users not to press the F1 key in Windows XP, owing to an unpatched bug in VBScript discovered by Polish researcher Maurycy Prodeus. The security advisory says that the vulnerability relates to the way VBScript interacts with Windows Help files when using Internet Explorer, and could be triggered by a user pressing the F1 key after visiting a malicious Web site using a specially crafted dialog box."

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Pfah

[Ironchew]

Don't throw lawn darts at people!

Re:Yes, AutoHotkey. Change any key to anything els

[JustOK]

Funny thing, it was originally supposed to be the "a" key and the "y" key, spoken like "a 'n y". Some browsers still support this and in Google Street view, will take you to approximately the location of your IP address, if you get the key sequence right.