Re: [SLUG] IE _not_ included in new URL spoof exploit

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Christopher Hotchkiss wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 21:58:27 -0500, 404 <matthew@textbox.net> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 21:41, perthie wrote:
>>
>>>I would expect to see "www.p&#1072;ypal.com/" In the status bar, but I
>>>see "www.paypal.com" with either setting in firefox. Is this not what I
>>>should be looking at? By the way, I get the same results in IE.
>
> Be careful some user have reported that the setting invisably reverts
> itself when you restart the browser. It will still say false but the
> exploit will still work.

That's right. Lots more information here:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12603456~mode=flat, and
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=215221 including a different
workaround.

-- Mark Polhamus

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