Re: I wonder why I'm getting a rundll32 warning.

by "Leland V. Lammert" <lvl(at)omnitec.net>

Date:	Fri, 17 Mar 2000 15:42:11 -0600
To:	<ltitus(at)mindspring.com>, <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
In-Reply-To:	mindspring
	todo: View Thread, Original

At 04:36 PM 3/17/00 , Linda Titus wrote:

>"Warning, there is a possible security hazard here. Netscape will launch the
>application C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe in order to view a document."
>
>Why does this happen?

Hi Linda,

There is something embedded in the page that the browser 'thinks' requires Windows services,.. so this causes the browser to invoke 'rundll32' [to obtain those windows services]. This is MAJOR security issue, .. as it permits just about any windows function - I, for one, would NEVER allow it.

I scanned the page but did not see anything obvious that would be causing it, .. you might want to check with the PageMill folks??

         Lee
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    Leland V. Lammert                                lvl(at)omnitec.net
       Chief Scientist                         Omnitec Corporation
   Network/Internet Consultants              www.omnitec.net
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