On Tuesday, November 20, 2001, at 01:45 PM, Lou Poppler wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Tim May wrote:
> : On Monday, October 22, 2001, at 11:05 PM, Harmon Seaver wrote:
> : > Ish! I'm getting bummed with NS, but wouldn't use IE on a bet.
> Why
> : > use a
> : > virus magnet?
> : The virii are typically executables for x86/Windows machines, not
> Macs.
> : You said you were using a Mac, so why do you think IE for the Mac
> : exposes you to virii?
> Other kinds of virii that IE will happily launch include VBscript,
> ActiveX, and Javascript, which probably work OK on a Mac too.
The primary problem isn't IEeeee, it's Outlook. And the Mac doesn't
have the Right Stuff for ActiveX and VB, unless you also have Office
installed as well, and even then I don't think the calling conventions
are the same.
>
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