 swhx7Premium
join:2006-07-23
Elbonia
2 edits | reply to Doctor Four
Re: Malvertisement on MSNBC.com using clipboard (copy/paste) At first I was sure this couldn't be done Javascript alone in Mozilla browsers. On following some links, I found one poster saying he did it with 20 lines of Javascript but only if a default was changed in about:config.
The only source for a claim that it happened on Firefox is this post ( »discussions.apple.com/thread.jsp···=7768848 ) on a Mac forum. As other posters suggested there, it probably relied on a plugin such as Java or Flash. Only Microsoft counts it as a positive "feature" that web pages can overwrite the clipboard. At least IE now has a more nearly explanatory label on the means to turn it off (it used to be "Allow paste operations via script").
Is it on by default in IE7 or 8? |
