Ok, let.s return to reality (sorry for moving this thread into the OS
related flame).
First of all, even if OS have not any caveats, it will not protect it from
spyware/adware. if I want to install my 'Cool-Search' into million of
computers, all I need to do is to write fancy game, and offer it
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First of all, even if OS have not any caveats, it will not protect it from
spyware/adware. if I want to install my 'Cool-Search' into million of
computers, all I need to do is to write fancy game, and offer it 'free of
change' in exchange of 'Allow to show you ads once / day'.
That's all -
The problem is Active-X, not the OS. Anything running from the browser
should be in a sandbox as it is with Java applications, the same is true
for the email client. Active-X gives scripts running from the browser
and the email client access to the entire machine in the name of
