Re: Drive-by download from a spam email message

["Stephen Menard" <smenard () nbnet nb ca>]

Don't let the net byte you !
why are you opting out of spam?
is there some secret formula or just asking for trouble.
is this just a newbie troll :-)

You've gotta -TRUST-  microsoft 
and all their software. Special install routines...
Don't you update by windowsupdate website ?

Did you realize registry usually says 
Signature Fail causes silent install to work [something like it] 

there's moore holes richard, you're good at finding them 
PSSS anybody have an e-learning accoutn with Microsoft dev passport? 
I got to see someone else data this morning.
screen shots available, 
I don't live in Texas, nor have a zip code
but click2learn thinks so

smenard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
To: <>; "'Richard M. Smith'" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 11:05 PM
Subject: [Full-disclosure] Drive-by download from a spam email message


> Hi,
>
> I just tried to opt-out from a spam email message from some sort
> Internet keyword system.  When I went to the opt-out page for the
> mailing list, I got hit with a drive-by download that asked me to
> install an ActiveX control called the "Internet Marketing Agency".
> There isn't a clue on the opt-out page what this control does.  I said
> "No" on the install.
>
> Here's the opt-out page:
>
>    http://upgradingyourbrowser.com/removerequest.html
>
> Is Microsoft ever going to do something about the drive-by download
> problem in Internet Explorer?  ActiveX downloads should only happen if a
> user asks for a control in the first place.  These silent downloads are
> bad news.
>
> Richard M. Smith
> http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com
>
>
>
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