RE: New M$ vulnerability patch for Windows -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: RE: New M$ vulnerability patch for Windows
From: Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:51:48 -0500
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There are security settings to prevent running scripts, or ask you if you want to. This is under Tools->Options and the Security tab. Older versions may not have had all the options, and these settings were under a different menu, IIRC.

Vern

At 05:12 PM 9/11/2003 -0400, you wrote:

IE warned me about both extensions & Norton gave a "Malicious Script"
warning for both after I told IE to go ahead.

Alex

I don't think it always did though.?.?  Some of the older version of IE
may not show the message box.?.?

Change the extension to hta and see what you get.  No warning message
box.

-- Scott

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