Web Security Question

Spidey · Post by **Spidey** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:17 pm

Yo,

When you come upon a webpage that opens a dialog box asking to install something, can it be coded to install when you hit the “X” instead of “Yes”?

Spidey

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:27 pm

My first guess would be: No.

heftig · Post by **heftig** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:13 am

If the dialog box is a true ActiveX install request, only \"Yes\" will start the installation.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:10 am

If you are't sure, open Task Manager and kill the process that is associated with that pop up window.

Spidey · Post by **Spidey** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:28 pm

Thanks,

Yea killing the process is what I usually do, I was just wondering if it was really necessary.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:35 pm

Spidey wrote:Thanks,

Yea killing the process is what I usually do, I was just wondering if it was really necessary.

It's safer for sure. Who knows what a hacker can do with all the exploits in browsers.

WillyP · Post by **WillyP** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:48 pm

I've seen popups that are actually one image, linked, I use a non default theme and the window was in the default theme for windows XP.

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