Subject: Re: Pentium bug halts system
From: [email-masked] (Paul Shirley)

16 Nov 1997 11:01:53 -0800
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To: Jeremiah Gowdy <[email-masked]>
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In message <[email-masked]>, Jeremiah
Gowdy <[email-masked]> writes
>BUT, before people start to freak out, this CANNOT be used to crash people in 
>HTTP (world wide web protocol) FTP EMAIL/SMTP/POP3 IRC or anything else I can 
>think of except a protocol which can automatically copy a file onto your hard 
>drive and then execute it.

Its called ActiveX.
A major component of Active Desktop amongst other things.

-- 
Paul Shirley
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