On 11/3/06, Jean Ghali <jghali at libertysurf.fr> wrote: > Windows has one : it is called Windows Scripting host and use a language > similar to Visual Basic
Yes - VBScript. But other scripting languages too - such as JScript (an ECMA compliant variant of JavaScript). It's scripting-engine driven. However, one has to make sure that the WSH is not running (it should be disabled!) when you're using the same system for Internet browsing as many WSH related vulnerabilities have been discovered in the past. So, it's good for standalone disconnected systems or the ones on the local lan which is disconnected with the Internet. Other security precautions hold equally true - like disabling the auto-insertion-detection feature of cdrom and USB drives - if these features are not disabled then even if your system is disconnected from the Internet, your system and the network it's connected to get infected if that USB device or cd has a virus/trojan. -- Asif
