ml>> you may have a rogue browser plugin...

 RW>> Rogue, as in?

 ml> rogue as in basically a trojan... in other words, you visit a site
 ml> and there's content there you (think) you want to see but the site
 ml> tells you you need to update your flash or pdf reader or video codec
 ml> and offers the supposed update to you... so you download it and the
 ml> infestation ensues...

 RW> MES would stop such an incident in an instant. That is, if it got
 RW> past FF. 

and /only/ if MES was able to detect it... this can only happen after
someone has detected it and created detection rules for it...

 ml> granted, i used the term "browser plugin" but i was meaning all of
 ml> the above... it may have been a fake codec... i don't know where
 ml> roger goes or what his level of knowledge of the software on his
 ml> machine is or his gullibility factor in situations like that...

 ml> here's another example... what whould you do if you found a USB stick
 ml> laying on the ground outside your home or office?

 RW> Take it to Walmart and insert it into their photocopy machine. Look
 RW> at all the dirty pictures and then leave it there for someone else
 RW> to find. 

ROTFL!!

)\/(ark