Re: How did a worm enter my Mozilla ActiveX Control v1.7.1 directory?

PeEmm wrote:
> Yesterday my Grisoft AVG deleted /Uninst.exe/ from my Mozilla ActiveX 
> Control v1.7.1 root directory, because it contained the virus 
> "Win32/Tufik.A".
> 
> Any ideas how it got there, or what this worm is all about? I've had the 
> Mozilla ActiveX Control for a long time (- I'm not sure whether it's 
> ever used! -), but it was not until yesterday AVG shared an opinion 
> about it, and I don't know if /Uninst.exe/ been there all along or if it 
> was new in the structure.
> 
> (X-posting this message, follow-up to .win32)
ActiveX is the way 90-99% of all Worm/trogran/Virus attcks are delivered 
to PC operating systems. There is "no" , repeat, "no" safe form of ActiveX.

The person that devised ActiveX should be found and dported to Iraq or 
some other dangerous country. To foist such a dangerous system on 90% 
percent of the Computing world.

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