Multiple Browsers Window Injection Vulnerability Secunia Research has reported a vulnerability, which affects most browsers. The vulnerability can be exploited by a malicious web site to "hi-jack" a named browser window, regardless of which web site is the true "owner" of the window. Please use the test below, to see an example of how this vulnerability can be exploited, and also to determine whether or not your browser is vulnerable. View the Secunia advisory regarding your browser: - Internet Explorer - Mozilla / Firefox - Opera - Konqueror - Safari - Netscape http://secunia.com/multiple_browsers_window_injection_vulnerability_test/
... and the moral is to remember that most respectable websites that depend upon security do not use window popping. I don't even click links with dubious looking status bar info. I'd rather type out a url in a fresh window and be recorded as referred from my isp's home page.
