RE: Desktop search: A new attack vector for malware?

["Larry Seltzer" <Larry () larryseltzer com>]

> > Has any company looked into the issue of desktop search programs being
an attack vector for malware?  

I remember there being issues or at least speculation a couple of years
ago when Google Desktop came out. I think it had more to do with
compromising the http server.

I can't recall any overflows of search engines just from content. 

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
http://blogs.eweek.com/cheap_hack/
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larryseltzer () ziffdavis com 

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