Quote: "The link doesn't work. Did the article say it's a backdoor, or are you just assuming that? I wouldn't put it past you "
Oh my! "You said something I didn't like once, so now I'll presume you're lying when you're trying to warn me of something". Jeku, you're supposed to be a Mod. The Moderators are supposed to be reasonable, a quick google search could have corroborated the story if you were in doubt.
I know Heartbone has come out with some quite startling things before, but that was an out right attack.
The link works fine for me, its from The Times, a major English newspaper, I'd be inclined to believe it.
From the article;
Quote: "The Watchfire researchers discovered that the set-up was open to something known as a cross-site scripting attack, which lets an attacker place malicious code on a Google Desktop user’s computer. The PC could be infected a number of ways, including an infected e-mail attachment.
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However, the article also says the problem was fixed on 1st February and as Google Desktop updates itself automatically, there's little need to panic.
Martin
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