RE: Popup security sales gimmick

2002-12-31 Thread Greg van der Gaast
ce for fud, maybe there's some way of using this to trick people into sending over data. As always, clue is the cure. Regards, Greg -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: netsec novice [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: Saturday, December 28, 2002 3:54 AM Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp:

Re: Popup security sales gimmick

2002-12-31 Thread Adexter
It seems that way. I have ran into similar sales gimmicks many times. I usually don't allow Java applets to run on my personal systems. Quite a few clients of mine have ran into similar things and been seriously "freaked out" as it could do that to a person. It is just a little Java Applet trick,

RE: Popup security sales gimmick

2002-12-31 Thread Kyle Lai, CISSP, CISA
ge- From: netsec novice [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 9:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Popup security sales gimmick I ran into this popup and initially it concerned me. I thought I would post it here for confirmation on its validity. It appears to me t

Re: Popup security sales gimmick

2002-12-31 Thread Gene Cronk
I notice this doesn't work if you're behind a firewall (well, behind MY firewall, anyway:-D) netsec novice wrote: I ran into this popup and initially it concerned me. I thought I would post it here for confirmation on its validity. It appears to me that this site runs a script that simply

RE: Popup security sales gimmick

2002-12-31 Thread Optrics Engineering - Shaun Sturby, MCSE
DETECTED CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PRIVACY PROTECTION SOFTWARE! -Original Message- From: netsec novice [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 7:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Popup security sales gimmick I ran into this popup and initially it concerned me. I tho

Popup security sales gimmick

2002-12-30 Thread netsec novice
I ran into this popup and initially it concerned me. I thought I would post it here for confirmation on its validity. It appears to me that this site runs a script that simply displays your c: drive contents rather than actually being able to obtain the information. I could see how it could