That's what I think, too. I believe that the problem is in code distributed by Doubleclick since blocking communication with Doubleclick crashes my computer consistently at multiple sites (Thomson's, FreeEdgar, and Forbes). I have no problem at any of these sites if I allow communication to Doubleclick, nor if I disable Java. I hate to believe that Doubleclick is deliberately crashing computers, but you never know. I will say this, though, and that is that I am getting increasingly reluctant to accept Java these days.
By the way, are you familiar with Back Orifice? This product was written in England by the Cult of the Dead Cow (CDC), as is like a cross between PC Anywhere and a remote maintenance program, except that the user doesn't know he is infected, or that someone else is accessing the computer. It is technically a Trojan Horse Program (along with NetBus), and it installs itself on your computer when you run an infected program or hostile JavaScript. Once installed it just sits there listening, waiting for someone to come along and attempt to access it. The CDC scans IP addresses looking for computers which can then be used for their purposes, whatever they may be, including using them for denial of service attacks. According to my firewall someone probes my computer for a Back Orifice an average of 3-4 times per day. The fact that you apparently can have this type of program installed via Java is another reason I don't like to accept Java.
Carl |
