I agree, I don't think any of this is actually being displayed by the
web server itself. It just loads your local explorer within ie. The fact
that I can view 20mb image files in a few seconds on a 28.8 connection
makes it pretty obvious that I'm not receiving the data from the site.
Nice for fud,
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,
In some instance, these pop-ups use "messenger" service to pop-up the
messages.
In WinNT, 2000, and XP systems, you might want to consider disabling the
"messenger" service.
/Kyle
Kyle Lai, CISSP, CISA
KLC Consulting, Inc.
617-921-5410
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: netsec n
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
Here is the source of the popup page. It looks like it does just that, open a
iframe to display the local drive.
a:link {font:8pt/11pt verdana; color:red}
a:visited {font:8pt/11pt verdana; color:red}
WARNING: No Privacy Protection Software Found
WARNI
