Re: IE4 Custom Folder

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David LeBlanc <dleblancMINDSPRING.COM> writes:

> With respect to disabling this attack on Win95, your only options are (in
> personal order of preference):

> 1) Install NT, precreate desktop.ini files and lock them down
> 2) Don't share anything
> 3) Disable active desktop

I'm not sure #2 stops all variants of this attack; what happens if
someone mails you a desktop.ini file, and then you go to look in your
mailer's attachments directory?  My (untested) guess is that you lose.

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