[LINK] Re: Windows XP versus Vista

[Rick Welykochy]

Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:

> Rick Welykochy wrote:
> 
>> The link to the exploit demonstration page is here:
>>
>> http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/
>>
>> I don't run Winders so I cannot test this. You may wish to try and
>> let the list know. The writeup mentions that it does work with
>> IE 5.5 on Win98.
> 
> IE 7 on Vista with AVG antivirus - nothing happens.
> NS 7.1 on Vista with AVG antivirus - nothing happens.
> 
> IE 6 on WinXP with Symantic antivirus, the antivirus picks it up.
> NS 7.1 on WinXP with Symantic antivirus  - nothing happens.
> 
> IE 6 on Win98 with AVG antivirus - nothing happens.
> 
> IE 5 on Win98 with Norton Antivirus v 5.0 - nothing happens.
> 
> and, just for fun...
> Firefox 2.0 on Ubuntu 7.10 no antivirus - nothing happens.

Out of curiosity, have you changed any of the default preferences
in IE?

Perhaps MS has wized up and disabled activex by default?!

cheers
rickw



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