no crash after using Firefox to visit Iwethey.

Will reconfirm results by doing same test but with IE

Doug M

1) Firefox

- www.astalavista.com
- 'A web site has attempted to open a pop-up without your permission' (I clicked ok to continue - popup blocked)
- 'Plug-in not loaded' - java-vm (I clicked get the plug-in)
- I then seemed to be at a Netscape page. I closed it
- Then selected ms******.com with a search arg of ****** (censored)
- Then clicked the 4th item in the displyed list
- The requested data displayed but also a window with a msg ..
'A web site is requesting permission to install the following item:'
'Content Access Plugin 1.01' (I declined)
- I returned to he list & selcetd another item
- The requested data appeared (no window this time)
- I then chose the 1st ref link on left side of ms******.com home screen
- (<something>Spider.net) - entered a search arg & clicked search
- Nothing came back so shut that site's window
- Clicked another ref link from ms*****.com (*****Portal.com)
- No results so used The****.ws search engine
- Ended up at *****Search.ws
- Clicked a link to #####.nu
- Went to 4 more sites and at 1 downloaded 4 small files - Firefox asked me what I wanted to do with them
I clicked 'save to disk' but I don't really know (yet) where Firefox was putting them\\
- Had enough (by this time, if this was MSIE, I would expect 20+ cookies & 6 malware entries)
When I had exited all the web sites I found the downloaded files on the desktop.


Ran AdAware and Spybot plus Starter

ALL 3 WERE PRISTINE - NO NEW THREATS


2) MSIE on WinXP Home (pristine install)

Now to do same with Windows MSIE (Home Edition WinXP)
- www.astalavista.com
- Got a pop-up window (closed it)
- Got cookie warning (closed it)
- Got a Security Warning window - asked me if I wanted to accept some 'must be older than 18 pgm' (clicked close)
- Got similar Security Windows 4 more time in visiting same sites as in test 1 above. Closed them each time


Ran Adaware and SpyBot plus Ulimate Starter

Hmmmm -- this time apart from 3 tracking cookies and Spybot recording 'Error During Check
- Hotbar (Ungultige Gleitkommaoperation)' same result as for FireFox - no new threats.

This I don't follow - the main difference between today's & yesterdays tests has been setting up a newly
installed VM of WinXP home whereas the other was a copy of WinXP Pro.

The test I had done with WinXP Pro I did 3 times & got the corruptions each time.

There has to be some other thing I am missing here.

Doug Marker