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ggrobot
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 Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:47 pm Post subject: New Year's Tech Reading [17647] |
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SECURITY... Adware installed through Windows Media files - In short, the well-known copyright management/protection firm Overpeer has figured out how to install adware through Windows Media files. The technique exploits features of the Windows Media DRM functionality to launch special Internet
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Bert
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Location: Labrador, Canada
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| Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:42 pm Post subject: SECURITY - Adware installed through Windows Media files |
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It absolute floors me why the heck Microsoft and its OS allows executable
content and the "fricken features" in Microsoft Office, media, or graphics files. Does anyone other than ad/spy companies actually use executable content? And why allow the range of ability the executable content can
do? Maybe there should be a roll-back of features where media and
graphics files where just that, media and graphics files. |
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v1m
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| You're right--it's insane. Nobody should use Windows Media Player, anyway. If you're stuck on a PC, then the open source VLC plays most .wmv files. |
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