From:	Paul AT chocolat DOT foobar DOT co DOT uk (Paul Shirley)
Subject:	Re: Pentium bug halts system
18 Nov 1997 16:24:43 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<a6SM$DAWVcc0Ewov.cygnus.gnu-win32@foobar.co.uk>
References:	<34700B7B DOT 7F060ED8 AT technologist DOT com>
Mime-Version:	1.0
To:	Paul Prescod <papresco AT technologist DOT com>
Cc:	"gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

In message <34700B7B DOT 7F060ED8 AT technologist DOT com>, Paul Prescod
<papresco AT technologist DOT com> writes
>Please don't raise the Active-X boogey-man. New Active-X controls do not
>get installed and run without user permission.

Having visited a www site this week that refused to progress past the
title page unless I enabled ActiveX and accepted ActiveX controls, I
find it a more credible 'boogey man' than I used to. In this case I was
trying to get insurance quotes (I went elsewhere;)

And yes, a virus is more likely in a malicious attack. I don't remember
disagreeing with that ;) (Although I would have a fighting chance in an
english court claiming this crash bug was not hacking as defined in law)

-- 
Paul Shirley
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