[KLUG Members] Sinister Web Sites

[Michael W. Holdeman]

And the moral of the story?  Don't let your kids use IE!!  In fact don't 
anyone use IE!!

Use Konqueror, or Mozilla!


Mike

(just my .02)



On Wednesday 10 October 2001 16:40, you wrote:
> --- dszalay@trendway.com wrote:
> > I know this is somewhat off topic, but is it possible for a web site
> > to
> > "plant" a URL within your browsers history files? My wife discovered
> > a URL
> > for a porn site in the drop down box (in IE) on my kids computer.
> > They are
> > quite young, so I would be very surprised it got there intentionally.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dan
>
> I always thought it only saved urls you typed in, but I've had websites
> change my home page without permission, so who knows what somebody
> might have hacked?
>
> Mike
>
>
>
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