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« Reply #45 on: March 29, 2005, 05:05:59 pm »
Dude, Going into A place with Ads doesn't just screw your computer up, you have to click it un;ess you go to a Infested site...
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« Reply #46 on: March 29, 2005, 05:27:47 pm »
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Dude, Going into A place with Ads doesn't just screw your computer up, you have to click it un;ess you go to a Infested site...
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Not true, spyware can install using just a popup window.
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« Reply #47 on: March 29, 2005, 05:39:43 pm »
Yeah Dan is right, it's happened to me before on IE tons of times.
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« Reply #48 on: March 29, 2005, 06:25:57 pm »
Thats only possible if your security settings in IE are set insanely low.  If you set it to prompt for Active X and other scripts, there shouldnt be a problem.  Also, the chances of people disabling the popup blocking (which is enabled by default) is fairly low.  Try the same experiment with Firefox.  Disable popup blocking and turn down the default security settings.
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« Reply #49 on: March 29, 2005, 06:58:24 pm »
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Thats only possible if your security settings in IE are set insanely low.  If you set it to prompt for Active X and other scripts, there shouldnt be a problem.  Also, the chances of people disabling the popup blocking (which is enabled by default) is fairly low.  Try the same experiment with Firefox.  Disable popup blocking and turn down the default security settings.
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My security was always set to Medium-High. Maybe I will do that Firefox test.
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« Reply #50 on: March 30, 2005, 05:17:17 pm »
Wow this is like when spurlock ate mcdonalds for a month
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« Reply #51 on: April 01, 2005, 08:29:59 pm »
Spyware Quest has ended. I'll post the spyware scans tomorrow.
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« Reply #52 on: April 01, 2005, 09:38:49 pm »
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I ended up with a ton of spyware when I used IE when I only went to message boards and sites like this on it.
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Same here. That is why I threw IE out.
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