Re: What's this?

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Humm, I think that if you rely on HOSTS to prevent this, the "script" could just as easily "edit" the HOSTS file and bypass your redirection .

George Hester wrote:

Thanks Bob.  It didn't work in a different machine but not really as I asked to do the experiment.  The issue was scripting in a mpg file.  I put the site it was sending Windows Explorer to in hosts.  I closed all my browser and Windows Explorer but the test (Running the mpg) still put Windows Explorer at the site.

I had to find how to turn off scripting in mpgs.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320944

DRM can be used as a vector to introduce virus into Windows in this manner.


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