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I'm not sure if Moz supports active X or not. I hope not. That seems to
be the attack vector for the spyware. I had a client whose machine
became unstable when it was invaded by multiple version of the same 5-8
spyware apps.

>  Most of the
> spyware I've seen is dependent upon a user hitting "OK" to the standard
> permission-to-install-ActiveX-control dialog.  It's the same process that
> lets a user install Sun's JRE and Macromedia's Flash stuff.

Many people I clean up after have the default stuff intact on their
security setting. That means Active-X is on with no confirmation. Yowch!
> 
> But if the spyware is riding on a non-browser platform (e.g., Kazaa or
> RealPlayer), then that's an entirely different set of issues.
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