Closed Bug 181530 Opened 22 years ago Closed 22 years ago

Net Mag. free CD problem report.

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: General, enhancement)

x86
Windows 98
enhancement
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 59932

People

(Reporter: max, Assigned: asa)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.1a) Gecko/20020611 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.1a) Gecko/20020611 The following security highlight was reported whilst trying to open up a free CD. The CD's producers report the folowing security problem (which although relating to Netscape I'm assuming applies to Mozilla too):It has long bothered both us at PC Plus and many of our readers that they couldn't browse the SuperDiscs using Netscape. The reason was simple: Netscape doesn't give the user the choice to Open a file from its current location. Most programs come in many different bits; if the setup program is saved to your hard drive, it will not be able to find all the .cabs, .dlls and other files it needs to complete the installation. Since Netscape will only allow the user to save the setup program to their hard drive, it can't be used to install software from our discs. Unless... By editing your Netscape preferences in the right way, it is possible to get Netscape to pop up that essential Open/Save dialog box. But we consider these changes a security hazard when using Netscape on the Internet. After you have made the changes, all it will take to run a potentially dangerous file from an untrustworthy Internet site is a single tap of the enter key or click of the mouse! Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 59932 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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