On 12/24/17, David E. Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/24/2017 2:24 PM, Lee wrote: >> On 12/24/17, David E. Ross <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 12/24/2017 12:39 PM, Lee wrote: >>>> On 12/24/17, [email protected] wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Enabled plugins are: >>>>> * VLC Web Plugin >>>>> * Adobe Acrobat >>>>> * Java(TM) Playform SE 8 >>>> >>>> You're a braver man than I, Gunga Din. >>>> >>>> Have you seen https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102214/discuss >>>> A remote attacker can exploit this issue to cause a >>>> denial-of-service condition. Given the nature of this issue, attackers >>>> may also be able to execute arbitrary code, but this has not been >>>> confirmed. >>>> >>>> VideoLAN VLC version 2.2.8 and prior are vulnerable. >>>> >>>> Lee >>>> >>> >>> Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) >>> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 >>> SeaMonkey/2.49.1 >> >> do you have one account for managing the machine and another, regular >> user account with no privs, for normal work? > > No. I do everything from the same Windows account. Yes, I know that > might be risky; but I have been a Windows user for over 20 years with > only one instance of a problem. Also, until I retired, I was a software > professional for 40+ years.
Well... I use SeaMonkey as my primary browser *and* I've got a windows 10 PC, so it's not like I've got standing to tell others how to Do It The Right Way. Even if I do have separate admin and user accounts :) Best Regards, Lee _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
