Strange Message While Surfing Internet
I hadn't experienced this before: I was on the Internet when out of the blue a message appeared on my screen with an 800 number and a female voice informing me that my computer had a virus and to call...
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Gdetrailer wrote:This is 100% incorrect. Javascript runs in the context of the browser and browsers have a lot of security surrounding their execution. While it's true that sometimes holes can be found in this protection, the way you tell it there's no protection at all.
Think of JavaScripts as very tiny programs that have complete and full administrator access rights to your PC.
And to avoid any program from having "full admistrative access rights to your PC" the best advice is to not use an administrative account for your day to day activities, especially if it involves the web.
