http://24.78.2.184/helpcenter.htm has a good description of the threat and a simple way of securing XP.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Haley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 12 September 2002 00:12 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Short URLs (was RE: Hijack Attempt) > > > Guess I won't be clicking on any makeashorterlink links from > you then, will I? :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 3:50 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Short URLs (was RE: Hijack Attempt) > > > Absolutely. If you are running WinXP without SP1, I can quite > easily delete the contents of your hard drive. How's that for > a potential threat? > > Kevin Graeme > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dan Haley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 4:33 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Short URLs (was RE: Hijack Attempt) > > > > > > So do these makeashorterlink.com emails pose any kind of problem by > > masking what website you are going to? Is there still any potential > > threat posed to > > your PC just by going to a web page and the malicious code that > > could be on > > it? > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 1:54 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Hijack Attempt > > > > > > Looks like this was a false alarm. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 3:49 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Hijack Attempt > > > > > > http://makeashorterlink.com/?A233622C1 > > > > > > > > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?> tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=3&cid=578&u=/nm > > /2 > > > 0020911/ts_nm/airlines_american_incident_dc > > > > > > Don't know any thing else except what is in this story, > any body out > > > there in CF land got more info? > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
