From: Mike '/m' 

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:06:16 -0400, "Gary Wiltshire"
 wrote:

>On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 12:59:37 -0400, Mike N.  wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 08:34:10 -0400, Mike '/m'  wrote:
>>
>>>>> I don't know if you should be so absolute.
>>>>
>>>>  ... with qualifiers of course: same level with Javascript enabled,
>>>> etc.
>>>
>>> I still you are too absolute.   For example, in my quick reading of the
>>> article, one of the exploits was to place a nicely formed windows over
>>> the address bar of the browser, blocking out the address.  Opera would
>>> open that window in a new tab.  There is also a checkbox in Opera's
>>> config that says to always show the source URL of Javascript boxes, even
>>> when the Javascript says otherwise.
>>
>>  I was mostly thinking of older versions of IE such as on W2K and W98.
>> Opera is probably gaining a small advantage just because hackers are
>> developing attacks for Firefox and IE.
>>
>>    The latest Opera 8 occasionally ceases to function for me (hangs on
>> reading site, doesn't even open a network connection.   Very hard to
>> reproduce.)   But with Javascript enabled, Opera does repel invasive
>> sites
>> better than IE or Firefox.
>>
>
>I like Opera and it's my regular browser.  I have to say that someone at
>Drudge Reports seems to have figured out how to get around the popup
>protection.


I use privoxy for that stuff.
http://www.privoxy.org/

 /m

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