ActiveX - how some spyware gets installed

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atanas says:

Yep. And people go for it.

I saw a button yesterday, here on Flickr. It said: "No, I am not going to fix your computer." I am getting one.
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

ptufts says:

At one point, around 2000, it was possible to install an ActiveX object with only a banner-ad click -- no dialog box at all!

--Pat
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

craker says:

That's just plain disgusting... and widening the Digital Divide further. The in-the-know have firewalls, antivirs, and usually a spybot or something. And the "reg folks" have nothing.

"Contextually relevant offers"... :(
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

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