ATTN: If you're sick of spyware

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Tonglebeak, Sep 26, 2004.

  1. Tonglebeak

    Tonglebeak Specialist

  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    It's a good start. But I would not agree that it is invulnerable. It just is not attacked as much as IE (at least not yet).
     
  3. Tonglebeak

    Tonglebeak Specialist

    Oh, but it is invulnerable, solely because it doesn't rely on IE's crap activex controls.
     
  4. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    Yeah, thanks for the lesson. Tell ya what, take over Chaslangs job in here , then I will listen to you. It is not invulnerable, ActiveX is only one possible way to get hijacked. The popularity of Firefox will have it being a target anytime now. What you did was someone told you ActiveX was solely to blame for spyware, you actually believed it because you have not been infected yet with Firefox so now you preach inaccurate information. Please be more informed before making statements like this, you just add to the misinformation on the net.
     
  5. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Well said MA!
     
  6. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    Well, he is correct, you avoid ActiveX problems. His assumption is that is the sole basis of spyware. Your also forgetting a lot of programs install by people downloading rouge programs, even spyware removal programs.
     

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