![]() ![]() Of course that doesn't help much when the malware wants to destroy all of my data - but most malware today only wants to use my PC as a botnet drone and so is not interested in destroying my data. I know that there are many other security vulnerabilities that use JavaScript and/or Adobe Flash, but as far as I understand those kind of security vulnerabilities can only do as much damage as my user rights allow. Using Ubuntu and Firefox, I always feel so safe when reading about the ActiveX exploits. ![]() (One reason might be that the name contains "active" another might be the windows update function.) I read that so often I wonder why people bother to activate ActiveX at all. Every few days I read about another kind of exploit using ActiveX, and almost always the workaround is to deactivate ActiveX. One main security concern when using Windows and Internet Explorer seem to be ActiveX. The main reason seems to be the general system design philosophy and the fact that users are users and not root. People always say that Linux is more secure than Windows. ![]()
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