Bugs & JavaScript
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Many mail programs incorporating the features of a Web browser how to display HTML and images. This feature can easily expose you to offensive or pornographic images in e-mail spam. In addition, the HTML might contain JavaScript code to direct the browser to a page advertising or to make the spam message difficult or impossible to close or cancel. In some cases, such messages contained attacks on vulnerabilities that allowed the installation of spyware type programs (some viruses are produced by the same mechanisms). Users can protect themselves by using mail programs that do not display HTML or attachments, or configure them to not display by default. |
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