I have been using Firefox as my default browser for 6 months. I should have mentioned that in my post - but I guess I take for granted that self respecting slashdotters would not use IE:-) Sophos saw the cached page even though the code was never going to be executed. I believe in a multi-layered defence - I count 5 between my filesystem and the net: firewall, http proxy (privoxy), a better browser (FF 1.0) running without admin privledges & anti-virus. All of these bits help.
I'm removing the comet cursor because I don't think the gimmick of having my cursor turn into dilbert's head every morning is worth the price of allowing you to collect information about my browsing habits.
You might sell them to my employer:)
But seriously, although sometimes it may seem that we are already living in a world controlled by marketing people and spin doctors, I think personal statements as a "consumer" (I am actually also a person) that I don't like it and I am going to go out of my way to avoid it. At least I can occasionally feel like I am in control of my destiny.
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I have been using Firefox as my default browser for 6 months. I should have mentioned that in my post - but I guess I take for granted that self respecting slashdotters would not use IE :-)
Sophos saw the cached page even though the code was never going to be executed. I believe in a multi-layered defence - I count 5 between my filesystem and the net: firewall, http proxy (privoxy), a better browser (FF 1.0) running without admin privledges & anti-virus. All of these bits help.
I use Sophos Anti-virus - and it alerts on the cached copy of the test page as containing a virus/exploit EXP/Phel-A:
. html/
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/expphela
EXP/Phel-A detects files that exploit the HTML Help Control Vulnerability which affects systems installed with Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2.
This vulnerability allows arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system by bypassing security constraints established by the operating system.
Hey, I didn't think video's were around back then!!
www.s11.org ---- see police thugs in Australia!
Hi folks,
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I'm removing the comet cursor because I don't think the gimmick of having my cursor turn into dilbert's head every morning is worth the price of allowing you to collect information about my browsing habits.
You might sell them to my employer
But seriously, although sometimes it may seem that we are already living in a world controlled by marketing people and spin doctors, I think personal statements as a "consumer" (I am actually also a person) that I don't like it and I am going to go out of my way to avoid it. At least I can occasionally feel like I am in control of my destiny.
Bye