Re: Popup security sales gimmick

[Gene Cronk <gene () hacktek com>]

I notice this doesn't work if you're behind a firewall (well, behind MY 
firewall, anyway....:-D)

netsec novice wrote:
> I ran into this popup and initially it concerned me.  I thought I would 
> post it here for confirmation on its validity.  It appears to me that 
> this site runs a script that simply displays your c: drive contents 
> rather than actually being able to obtain the information.  I could see 
> how it could scare some people though.
>
> Check it out for yourself.
> http://www.interneteraser.com/error.html
>
>
>
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