From: Mike N. 

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 23:08:57 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>It wasn't a popup ad, it was a popup dialog box that said
"ok" , "cancel" and
looked like a regular windows dialog box grey background with standard
borders. I think it was triggered by an ad on one of the web pages.
>
>I don't have any flash installed, no quicktime, no realplayer, in fact I have
very little in the way of browser extensions and my browser security
settings are pretty much all set to disabled or prompt. I kinda thought it
was one of the prompt dialogs but I don't think those say
"cancel".
>
>Question, could a mouse over event do the same thing as clicking on a button?

http://news.com.com/A+safe+browser+No+longer+in+the+lexicon/2010-1071_3-5777036
.html?tag=nefd.ac

  Even firefox isn't a panacea from this.  They may be targeting
vulnerabilities that were fixed in the XP SP2 generation and there's no way
to secure older browsers to the same level.

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