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

Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
> 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.
> 

Thanks Arne, J.O. Aho and Phillip M. Jones!

There seems to be a consensus, that the Active X component is the 
offending part. I'll try to disable Active X in all components on my 
system. Probably I have no use of it anyway.

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/P.M.