 |
 |
| ActiveWin | Anonymous | Create a User | Reviews | News | Forums | Advertise | VBA in Excel | Users Online: 0 |
|
|
|
|
|
User Controls |
|
New User |
|
Login |
|
Edit/View My Profile |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Active Network |
|
ActiveMac |
|
ActiveWin |
|
ActiveXbox |
|
DirectX |
|
Downloads |
|
FAQs |
|
Interviews |
|
MS Games & Hardware |
|
Reviews |
|
Rocky Bytes |
|
Support Center |
|
TopTechTips |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Windows Me |
|
Windows Server 2003 |
|
Windows Vista |
|
Windows XP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
News Centers |
|
Windows/Microsoft |
|
Apple/Mac |
|
Xbox/Xbox 360 |
|
News Search |
|
XML/RSS Newsfeeds |
|
Pocket PC Site |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ's |
|
Windows Vista |
|
Windows 98/98 SE |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Windows Me |
|
Windows Server 2003 |
|
Windows XP |
|
Windows 7 |
|
Windows 8 |
|
Internet Explorer 6 |
|
Internet Explorer 5 |
|
Xbox 360 |
|
Xbox |
|
DirectX |
|
DVD's |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latest Reviews |
|
Xbox/Games |
|
Fable 2 |
|
|
|
Applications |
|
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
|
Windows 7 |
|
Adobe CS5 Master Collection |
|
|
|
Hardware |
|
Microsoft Express Mouse |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latest Interviews |
|
Mike Swanson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Site News/Info |
|
About This Site |
|
Advertise |
|
Affiliates |
|
Contact Us |
|
Default Home Page |
|
Link To Us |
 |
IE7 being developed to resist spyware | |
|
||
| Time: 01:55 EST/06:55 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
|
The next version of Microsoft's much criticized Internet Explorer browser is being built to resist hijacking attempts by spyware and other malicious software, according to a Microsoft developer. Rob Franco, lead program manager for IE Security at Microsoft, wrote in a blog entry on Thursday that Internet Explorer 7 for Longhorn will contain a feature called "low rights IE." The feature essentially removes administrator rights, so that the system will not allow unknown applications, such as spyware and other potentially dangerous code, to be installed without express permission from the user. |
||
|
Read Only Comments Return to News |
Displaying Comments 1 through 16 of 16 |
This is an archived static copy of ActiveWin.com. |
| #1 By 12461 (207.118.92.94) at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 04:34:39 AM |
|
I must have a very secure browser... IE6... cause I don't get those popup attemps you claim.
|
| #2 By 2201 (212.117.228.131) at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 05:45:31 AM |
| Probably cos your popup settings are on medium, this won't stop the popups which come up due to user interaction. Put it on HIGH and see if that stops it. |
| #3 By 15406 (216.191.227.90) at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 09:06:35 AM |
|
I read this site through an RSS reader, and no popups ever.
|
| #4 By 2201 (194.205.219.2) at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 09:08:46 AM |
| #4 yeah, that's the thing. HIGH blocks ALL popups. MEDIUM seems to block all the popups that are not user-initiated. These ActiveWin ones seem to only pop-up when you scroll or click something (like a link or on a blank spot on the page) so they count as user-initiated. |
| #5 By 7711 (12.107.81.66) at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 09:14:08 AM |
|
"....the system will not allow unknown applications, such as spyware and other potentially dangerous code, to be installed without express permission from the user."
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity...... |
| #6 By 3 (62.253.128.15) at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 10:34:00 AM |
| #1, would you pay a subscription to view the site without adverts? No of course not, no one here would (even if they say they might), how else will a site like this survive. Personally I can't stand them but it's the only way to keep this site going right now. |
| #7 By 13030 (198.22.121.120) at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 10:45:25 AM |
|
#8: Firefox is no better at stopping the ActiveWin pollution than IE.
Oh, really? Using Firefox without any add-ons, I never get a pop-up on ActiveWin. |
| #8 By 3653 (63.162.177.143) at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 12:13:56 PM |
| Byron - Drop the popups, and replace them with some porn ads. We all know those pay the better anyway. And hey, if I see some skin... I promise to complain less. |
| #9 By 3 (62.253.128.15) at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 01:30:40 PM |
| Ah yes, rearrange the site just like those sites that can afford to run without them, good logic, except this site would die withing 2 months doing it. |
| #10 By 2 (24.239.197.85) at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 02:22:21 PM |
| Most of the life of ActiveWin has been done without pop-ups. Only when it has become necessary I implemented them. I might be dropping one of the pop-ups soon because we were able to make it up through google. What about placing 728 x 90's on the top in exchange for a dropped pop-up ad? |
| #11 By 2 (24.239.197.85) at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 02:28:15 PM |
| #9, that is actually a good idea. Blocking those domains will actually stop you from receiving most ads on the Internet.... On the front page here at most at any given time only 2, not 10, popups will come up. I have them blocked. Rarely they come through. |
| #12 By 2 (24.239.197.85) at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 02:31:09 PM |
| Also, I want to add I've kept pop-ups off of anetforums.com.... |
| #13 By 61 (65.32.175.192) at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 02:53:20 PM |
|
Anyway... back on topic...
I hate to say it, but spyware already can not be installed, through IE, without user permission. It's the little dialog box that comes up asking you if you want to install the ActiveX control from the website... the same one that everyone that has spyware problems click yes to, thereby giving it permission to install the crap. |
| #14 By 20505 (216.102.144.11) at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:20:35 PM |
|
off topic again---does anyone know why the back button on firefox sometimes works on this site and sometimes doesn't. i can't think of another site that seem to do this in firefox.
anyhoo. i still like this site. too bad ms does't read these comments and get off their collective butts and make some cool software again (think google). i know, i know ms is big business and big business thinks that something like xbox360 is cool. sigh. been there done that. |
| #15 By 2960 (68.101.39.180) at Wednesday, June 15, 2005 11:38:10 AM |
|
Byron,
It's not that you advertise. We understand that. It's the massive advertising that 's a problem. I've NEVER seen so many popups on a site like this. And we continue to get annoyed by the really obnoxious Kill Kahn ad, regardless of many complaints about it. And how about screening your ads a little better. Hosting ads for sites that promote/install Ad/Spyware are not in your best interest when it comes to your relationship wth your readers (i.e. screensavers, the bogus "You may have spyware" ads, etc...). TL |
| #16 By 3653 (63.162.177.143) at Wednesday, June 15, 2005 12:36:43 PM |
|
again, you are ignoring the obvious...
PORN ADS Your demographic is obviously young to middle-aged men. The perfect match for some "come hither and dial 1-900" ads. hey olddog, did you see msft's upcoming mapping app? "looks" better than google to me. |
