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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Shocking News About Ctrl+c (the 'copy' Cmd)

Shocking News About Ctrl+c (the 'copy' Cmd)
> Please be very careful when u press Ctrl + C ..

> Here is some useful information for all.

> Ctrl+C may be the most important work we do
> everyday. But it's
> not a very
> safe thing to do. Read on to know why.

> What happens when you press Ctrl+C while you are
> Online... We do
> copy various data by Ctrl + C for copying & pasting
> elsewhere.

> This copied data is stored in clipboard and is
> accessible from
> the net by
> a combination of Javascripts and ASP.

> Just try this:
> 1) Copy any text by Ctrl + C
>
> 2) Click the Link: <>


> 3) You will see the text you copied was accessed by
> this web
> page.

> Do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, credit
> card numbers,
> PIN etc.)
> in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is
> extremely easy to
> extract
> the text stored in the clipboard to steal your
> sensitive
> information.

See a suggestion from an expert:

> You can stop hacking of clipboard content by doing:

> Go to internet options of explorer -_ tools menu ->
> Internet
> option -> Security Custom level

> In settings - Select disable under allow past
> operations via
> script.

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