OT: Vista's "ultimate" security :)

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting John Esak (Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:11:48 -0500):
[...]
> Bob,
> I must be missing the point. Why would you assume the computer itself
> is outputting the dangerous voice file. Couldn't someone just hold up
> a free tape recorder (or voice recorder of any kind) and play it at
> the microphone???  :-)

Sure, your "friend" could walk by with a tape recorder.  (Or just
grab your keyboard and type.)  But this is (theoretically) a new
scenario.

Consider the way malicious software can be spread by things like
trojans, or security holes in browsers that allow "bad" HTML to
do things it shouldn't.

Next, consider a malicious website that plays "bad" audio files.

Perhaps a website which attempts to download an executable to
your system, and then plays an audio file which answers the
questions that the security warning popup would ask.

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