Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 20th Mar 2006 07:31 UTC
There's a software product coming that has the potential to demote spyware from a security priority to an afterthought: Windows Vista. Spyware has become a serious security problem for users of Microsoft's operating system over the past years, giving rise to a host of third-party tools to fight the insidious software. But perhaps the best defensive program has yet to ship, some analysts believe.
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RE[2]: Microsoft still no playing in the sandbox
by CPUGuy on Mon 20th Mar 2006 22:08
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There is no point to that.
If that happened people would just stop making ActiveX controls (people being spyware writers) and start making apps that run outside of IE.
An ActiveX control is NO different than a normal app other than the fact that it is basically an IE plug-in instead of a Windows app.
You still have to tell the app to install for it to do so (it can not be installed without user intervention). If the user is stupid enough to say yes to some random ActiveX control, then they are stupid enough to say yes on a regular Windows installer.