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OK lets use this ligitimate feature to bypass www.google.com and point the Windows user to a competitors web site like say Microsoft's. Lets go one step further and make Micorosoft's site look and feel like googles. Then lets collect all the payment and order information. There is no ligitimate purpose for this period. Just a kind of numbness that just when thought managment was really makeing security job one at Microsoft you should have known better.

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Um, yeah  ejhonda | 07/05/06
What a load...  NonZealot | 07/05/06
Is that all?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/05/06
That's always been possible  NonZealot | 07/05/06
Your Average User  phburks | 07/05/06
Read the article again.  3D0G | 07/06/06
Legitimate? maybe ... Dangerous ... you bet  A.Typical Zork | 07/05/06
I'll say it slowly  TonyMcS | 07/05/06
And, who says the user will create the shortcut?? This is just another tool  DonnieBoy | 07/06/06
Let's do a quick poll. Who has ever used this?  DonnieBoy | 07/06/06
Wrong  Dr.C | 07/06/06
This will be HUGE for hackers!  Reverend MacFellow | 07/05/06
Nothing new  ConstableBrew | 07/05/06
Do what the user expects  dragosani | 07/05/06
Agreed.  A_Pickle | 07/05/06
No Offense  Clocked | 07/05/06
Microsoft should implement "address bar checks" in IE 6.  Grayson Peddie | 07/05/06
No, they shuld throw out the hook altogether  CobraA1 | 07/05/06
How many times have we all heard this...  Anti_Zealot | 07/05/06
Here we go again  Clocked | 07/05/06
www.google.com www.amazon.com  mighetto | 07/05/06
Read the story next time  TonyMcS | 07/05/06
tips and tricks and more tips...  Arm A. Geddon | 07/05/06
read it again  not of this world | 07/05/06
This is a feature... WHY???  Mr. Roboto | 07/05/06
Executable file danger  TonyMcS | 07/05/06
I clicked IE and it turned on my coffee-maker!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 07/05/06
No surprises!  lovvvvie | 07/06/06
I'm sure the NK's are heavy into Microsoft!  Reverend MacFellow | 07/06/06
Danger Will Robinson !  jpr75_z | 07/06/06
Microsoft: Shortcut 'trick' is legitimate feature  Loverock Davidson | 07/06/06
Isn't security vulnerabilities....  Jay E Court | 07/06/06
Never used it  Dr_Zinj | 07/06/06
Very silly feature  webDevx | 07/06/06
I use this on our intranet.....  Dr.C | 07/06/06
user's expectations  raunchy | 07/07/06
*sigh*  kornesque | 07/07/06
much like the tendency of IE to display a file folder instead of a search  wessonjoe | 07/07/06

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