Manong Vic, I think this is a good Idea to let it know everybody about the precautions from their computer at work. Please submit it to your journal. Thank you!
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My Experience:
To everybody working in the computer environment like in the office, beware! And be awareof your co-workers especially the ones who hate you. This happened in the company where I used to work and I know it that it might happen to you. Just be careful!
Five years ago when I still working as an Information Technologist, I got curious about what was in my browser's cache, and found that it contained a number of "interesting" images which I had never seen. I was curious, so I showed the images to some coworkers, and we tried to figure out where they came from. We weren't successful. But this aroused our curiosity. Some time later, I stumbled across a discussion in a newsgroup of how to do something called "preloading". This produced an "Aha!" reaction, and when I saw the JavaScript code, it only took me a few minutes to turn it into this demo. Since then, I have generally tried to make sure that I have JavaScript and any other scripting languages turned off in any browser that I use. If you value your job, you might want to do the same.
Advice:
Languages like Java, Javascript and ActiveX allow a web site to send code to your browser that is run automatically. Allowing strangers to run code on your machine is never a good idea. If you value the contents of your disk, or are worried about embarrassing files appearing there without your knowledge, you should make sure that all such programming tools are disabled.
Follow the Instructions:
Click the tools from your web browser menu then click the Internet options then click the advanced. Disabled all tools such as Active X.
Commentary:
As more and more companies install software that monitors their employees' web usage, and more web-site developers learn the tricks of the trade, this sort of thing will become much more common. When used to speed up web access, it is useful. But it is a real source of potentially embarrassing files on your disk. Your only defense is to disable anything that allows a remote site to run code on your machine.
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