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from: Gregg N
date: 2005-09-16 01:39:08
subject: Re: AdobeReader7

From: Gregg N 

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Geo wrote:

> perhaps I should have pointed IE here http://www.nthelp.com/50/bad.htm
>
> Geo.
>
>     "Gregg N" 
>     wrote in message news:4328e077{at}w3.nls.net...
>     "Geo"  wrote in message
>     news:4328dcff$3{at}w3.nls.net...
>     > Here is the best part of that PDF, it didn't use any exploits,
>     it used PDF
>     > FEATURES, these are things adobe believes should be available to
>     anyone who
>     > writes a PDF file.
>     >
>     > Oh, and I didn't include music because I didn't have anything
>     handy, but I
>     > could easily have had music playing while the PDF was displayed.
>     >
>     > Scarey?
>     >
>     > Geo.
>     No.
>
>     Gregg
>
>

All that does in the current IE version is display a red circle with a line
through it on the status bar. You have to click on it to temporarily allow
popups to get your popup windows to appear (which I did after looking at
the page source). Killing IE got rid of the windows.

Gregg


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"Gregg N" <greggn{at}invalid.i">mailto:greggn{at}invalid.invalid">greggn{at}invalid.i nvalid> wrote in message news:4328e077{at}w3.nls.net... "Geo" <mailto:georger{at}nls.net"> face="Arial" size="2">georger{at}nls.net> wrote in message news:4328dcff$3{at}w3.nls.net... > Here is the best part of that PDF, it didn't use any exploits, it used PDF > FEATURES, these are things adobe believes should be available to anyone who > writes a PDF file. > > Oh, and I didn't include music because I didn't have anything handy, but I > could easily have had music playing while the PDF was displayed. > > Scarey? > > Geo. No. Gregg All that does in the current IE version is display a red circle with a line through it on the status bar. You have to click on it to temporarily allow popups to get your popup windows to appear (which I did after looking at the page source). Killing IE got rid of the windows. Gregg --------------090506020205040702080505-- --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5
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