<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">It's pretty funny ;)<div>It's caused by (what else) Internet Explorer. Basically, when IE is on a webpage with a "help" script embedded and the user hits F1 (for help), that script is immediately run. No matter what it is. </div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 3, 2010, at 11:08 AM, Marty Swartz wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Oh, the delicious irony of this one! Responding to a prompt to ask for help .. puts you in a bad place, and in need of help.<br><br>- Marty<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Charles Firth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:charles@firthconsulting.com">charles@firthconsulting.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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There's a security bug in Windows XP that could hijack your machine if you press F1.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left;">Currently there's no fix, so Microsoft is advising XP users to not hit F1. </div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left;">(F1 is the key you're supposed to hit for Help)</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left;">
<br></div><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9164038/Microsoft_Don_t_press_F1_key_in_Windows_XP" target="_blank">http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9164038/Microsoft_Don_t_press_F1_key_in_Windows_XP</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left;">
<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Eighty percent of success is showing up. - Woody Allen<br><a href="http://abbott-street.blogspot.com/">http://abbott-street.blogspot.com/</a><br>
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