Further Security problems for desktops -- MIDRANGE-L

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Just to let people know there are ways for a virus to attack a desktop without opening e-mail attachments or even using e-mail. SANS.org has documented an Active-X problem from 1999 (many people may not have gone to windowsupdate to get the fix).

In Microsoft's words "The net effect of the vulnerabilities is that a web page could take unauthorized action against a person who visited it. Specifically, the web page would be able to do anything on the computer that the user could do." See http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-032.asp .

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