Re: Trust (was CSS Button Designer)

This doesn't sound like something I ever want on my machine.
Why not? You download and run executables all the time right? 

Well, no, actually.  I'm very careful what executables I download and run.

I could bypass the hta altogether and use a htm2exe type wrapper... then it would be a simple exe file that you're used to. Would that make you feel safer?

At least I'd know what I'm rejecting. (Or accepting, but chances are I'd reject it if I expected a simple web page.)

hat makes you believe that a rogue hta application could cause you any more grief than that rogue mp3 splitter you downloaded?

I don't download rogue mp3 splitters. And people that do, without batting an eyelash, are one of the reasons why viruses propagate so easily.

I'm very careful about where I go and what I run on my machine, and STILL I was hit by the 360 solutions worm. I saw it come in and yanked the cord on the internet, and spent a half hour rubbing it out. I was noplace suspect either.

I think as of late we've been conditioned to think of the web as a dangerous place.

After cleaning up enough friend's computers, I will assert from personal experience that the web is a dangerous place.

Jose
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