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Comment Microsoft (Score 4, Insightful) 502

Hi all I'm in the uncomfortable position of agreeing with Microsoft on this issue. If a browser (any browser) allows a website to randomly download files without the user's explicit permission, regardless of the location, it is a security issue in my opinion. Having said that, I take issue with Microsoft's security advisory. The only thing they say is: "What causes this threat? A combination of the default download location in Safari and how the Windows desktop handles executables creates a blended threat in which files may be downloaded to a userâ(TM)s machine without prompting, allowing them to be executed." OK, but how about telling us the how or why? Since it is a direct contributor which causes the blended threat, I don't think it's asking too much to want to know exactly "how the Windows desktop handles executables" and how that contributes to the threat. http://www.evden-eve-nakliyat.name.tr/

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