Off topic: Computer security and Internet Explorer

["Glen Wallace" <gcwallace@xxxxxxxx>]

This general subject has been raised here before, so I don't feel *too* out
of place with this post.

I used to think the only way to infect myself with a virus or a trojan horse
was from an e-mail attachment or by downloading some junk software.  How
about getting infected just by visiting a disreputable website or perhaps a
reputable-but-hacked site with Internet Explorer?  How about by just reading
an HTML e-mail with Outlook Express?

Read the article on this ActiveX exploit at
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2322425,00.html and
make the suggested security settings changes.  If you read the article and
want to click on the link to the hacker's site mentioned, be aware his
ActiveX scriptlet will be triggered (apparently a harmless example) unless
the security settings changes first.

Serious stuff, folks.