There is a "feature" in IE that lets you embed vb script into an image
and have it executed, I have seen a few out there, one opens your cdrom,
one changes the picture when you highlight it, im sure theres more you
can do as well. Were you using IE? If so this is most likely the problem
you experienced.
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 05:14:02PM -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
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> I was merrily scanning web pages for a pic when suddenly a window appeared
> informing me tha a comand involving my CD Rom Drive does not exist. I didn't
> do anything with my CDRom drive. So I freaked and immediately disconnected
> from the internet in case that would protect me from a criminal who had
> broken into my box.
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> So can anyone tell me what happened?
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