Flash9 DoS attack on IE6SP1

Flash9 DoS attack on IE6SP1
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Flash9 DoS attack on IE6SP1 Gerry Hickman 09-27-2006
Posted by Gerry Hickman on September 27, 2006, 6:44 am
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Hi,

One of our users was effectively locked out of her Windows UI by a Flash9
advert on thetrainline.com for Dating Direct. The advert was able to take
over the whole screen preventing access to the task bar and start button.

I don't know if this would also affect XPSP2 or IE7.

--
Gerry Hickman - (London UK)



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