In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:25:40 +0000
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> Symantec: Microsoft Access ActiveX Attacks Will Intensify
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> | An easy-to-use toolkit used to hack computers has now been updated to take
> | advantage of an unpatched security vulnerability in Microsoft's software,
> | which could mean attacks will intensify, according to vendor Symantec.
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> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/148355/symantec_microsoft_access_activex_attacks_will_intensify.html
> http://tinyurl.com/6m48zo
And the reason why websites are still using ActiveX is ... ?
Ye gods, my head.
There are only *two* obvious reasons to use ActiveX, and
that's because there's no really elegant way otherwise to
run Java applets. Therefore, the Java runtime instaills
itself as an ActiveX control, weird-ass crappy classid
and all.
The other one involves Flash and is much the same.
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> New Trojan in the wild targeting MP3, WMA and WMV files
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> | Researchers at Secure Computing say they've found a new Trojan in the wild
> | that infects multimedia files including MP3s. It is thought to be seeded
> | by 'warez' sites and then spread via peer-to-peer networks.
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> http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19434/1054/
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> Use Ogg.
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And Theora.
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