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Peek-a-boo, Your Clipboard Can Be Seen!

kyodylee	Date: May 13, 2004 @ 12:15 AM Hi all, did y'all know about this? I didn't, and I try to keep up on things like this. From PC Magazine: http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-520-14-15-624-38406-1 Internet Explorer is powerful software, sometimes too powerful. The default settings, while allowing you to enjoy all the web has to offer, can sometimes be too open. Here are a few tips for throttling back some of that power and making your Internet experience a good bit safer. Malicious users, including the RIAA, can easily peek into your clipboard and view copied data, without your knowledge. This is a feature that few web sites actually use legitimately. To check to see if scripts can be read from your clipboard: Try this: select this text, right click, and select copy. Then go to this web site: http://www.anonymizer.com/privacytest/test_clipboard.shtml Wait a few moments, and see what happens — if your browser is in its default state, the line you copied is on the screen. Follow the directions in the article to disable "paste operations via script".
MisledMayhem	Date: May 13, 2004 @ 1:00 AM Dude that sucks, stupid internet, and I just got that whole norton firewall/system works, and now i need another 40 dollers so people will not look through my stuff? Man, norton already took like all my memory, i can't put too much more on it!
kyodylee	Date: May 13, 2004 @ 1:36 AM MisledMayhem - You do not HAVE to buy anymore software. The link just tests your Internet Explorer (IE) settings. The site also sells privacy software but you are not obligated to buy it. Just follow the directions in the PC magazine article, it explains how you can disable this so-called "feature" yourself.
TameasDust	Date: May 13, 2004 @ 2:59 AM i have a clipboard?
TameasDust	Date: May 13, 2004 @ 3:02 AM as for antivirus get AVG from http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_avg_index.php it is free everywhere cept europe for some reason and free updates for life I deleted norton ... came with computer
RyanS	Date: May 13, 2004 @ 8:22 AM Just yet another reason NOT to use IE. Use Firefox or Mozilla instead!
bastardo23	Date: May 13, 2004 @ 12:17 PM yes, ryanS, explorer is a piece of when are people gonna get over explorer. there is nothing better about it. mozilla, netscape, offbyone, are all great browsers depending on your usage. i have not used explorer for about 6 years now and i have all the usage i ever could want from the alternate browsers i found.

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