File:Windows ActiveX security warning (malware).png

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Screenshot of a Microsoft Windows ActiveX control security dialog. These dialogs are typically presented in Internet Explorer versions 4 through 6 SP1 when the user browses to a web site containing an ActiveX control that they do not already have installed. Windows XP with Service Pack 2, as well as Windows Vista employ a different method of requesting user action when an ActiveX control is asked to be installed.

This image demonstrates a relatively common tactic employed by malware to convince the user to install the software.

Source

Cropped from Image:Benedelman-spyware-blogspot-2a.png:

• Screenshot of spyware. Taken from Ben Edelman's Web site with his permission under the GFDL. Original URL: http://www.benedelman.org/spyware/images/blogspot-2a.png
• Uploaded at 18:48, 14 July 2005 (UTC) by Fubar Obfusco

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