Do you allow ActiveX controls?  That basically gives sites permission to
download and run code on your machine....

Dave Gillett


On 29 Aug 2004 at 23:52, Rick Glazier wrote:

> I went to a site recommended on another list to get a file.
>
> There was no download link for the file, but right below it
> was another file WITH a link.
> I copy and pasted the link for the other file into the Address Bar
> of MSIE and BEFORE hitting "Go" I trimmed off the filename
> since it was the "wrong" file.
>
> I expected to get a directory index file, a 'not authorized" page,
> or an FTP file listing of the directory...
>
> INSTEAD, my drive drawers opened, first my CD burner , then
> my DVD-ROM, then my DVD burner...
> Right around this time, MSIE6SP1+patches crashed hard and
> wanted to send MS an error report... (I declined)
> I disconnected the router cable and shut down the computer.
>
> A couple hours later I repeated all of the above...
>
> Anybody know how they did that?  Since it is probably not a good
> idea to either publish the link, (or even go there), I will only send it
> off list, if asked...  TIA...
>
>                                                       Rick Glazier

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