Orblivion - Slashdot User

Comment Heh... (Score -1) 523

by Orblivion on Monday January 17, 2005 @03:49PM (#11388122) Attached to: Brian Hook on the ActiveX Experience

I remember reading an article back in 1995, or 1996 detailing the "serious security implications" of the then new ActiveX. Can't say I remember the author, or the site it was on. As a demonstration the author wrote an ActiveX control that would reboot your 95/NT box just by clicking on the link in IE. It was scary back then.

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