untangling_the_web

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~·Web Tip
Have you suppressed popups only to continue to see them?
Here's why: in Netscape, there is a default list of "exceptions"
for sites whose popups are allowed. To view this list and
suppress popups from these' sites in Netscape 7.x,
Edit I Preferences I Privacy & Security I Popup Window
Controls I Suppress Popups I Exceptions I Remove All
Firefox, IE 6 for Windows XP SP2, and IE7 block all popups by
default but permit users to allow popups from specific
websites. Older versions of MSIE do not have a popup
blocker option.
Manage ActiveX, Java, &JavaScript
Many security vulnerabilities exploit these applications and most privacy/security
experts recommend disabling them. Malicious hackers can use ActiveX, Java, or
JavaScript to upload files and run them on your computer when you simply visit a
web page that has been cracked or created by malicious hackers. "In January 1997
members of the Hamburg-based Chaos Computer Club staged an electronic breakin
on German national television. Using an ActiveX control, they made unauthorized
bank transfers through Intuit's Quicken without a personal identification number. The
demonstration sought to prove that executable content, particularly Microsoft's
ActiveX, isn't secure."!" In fact, any ActiveX control downloaded over the web might
be a Trojan horse or a virus.
179 "Preventing Possible Web Intrusions," Smartcomputing.com, Vol 8, Issue 4, April 2000,
(14 November 2006).
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