Accidental Trojan Horses

Accidental Trojan Horses: Security problems in Windows 98 PCs

A large number of ActiveX controls have made it into the "wild" that pose security risks to users. These controls can be used by the "bad guys" to create malicious Web pages and Email messages to run programs or steal private information from your PC when using Internet Explorer, Outlook, or Outlook Express.

Click below for more information on particular problems.

Security problems with HP Pavilion computers
Security problems with Compaq Presario computers
How to make Outlook Express safe on the Internet

Online demonstrations of some of the problems can be found at:

Check your system for dangerous ActiveX controls
Check your system for the Word and Excel IFRAME security hole
Check your system the Excel 97 CALL security hole
Demo of the IE5 clipboard privacy leak

Richard M. Smith
Comments? Questions? Suggestions? smiths@tiac.net
Last updated on August 12, 1999