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earthlink trojan?

Discussion in 'Security and Privacy' started by mr.mark, 2003/02/07.

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    mr.mark

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    "Earthlink's pop-up blocker for Windows computers is, in essence, a trojan -- innocent appearing code that carries with some hidden pathogen. "

    Earthlink Wants Total Access (to Your PC)
    Why Earthlink's Pop-Up Blocker is Very, Very Bad
    By Robert X. Cringely
    February 6, 2002
    http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030206.html
     
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    Ouch. Nice catch and should be required reading for any Earthlink users.
     
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