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Not really a bug, per se..

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Posted 06 January 2004 - 12:58 AM

This is not a bug because it is doing something the program was designed to do. It is, however, something to watch out for.

The fucntion 'URLDownloadToFile' (I might have the name spelled incorrectly) can be, if used incorrectly, rather dangerous. It allows a malicious program to download and execute a file without the user ever knowing.

A couple people have tested it and, for some bizzare reason, the firewall they were using didn't seem to care that the AutoIt program was accessing the Internet.

I already PM'd Jon about this and it seems that even if this function were removed there are a copule ways to get around it.

Like I stated, not a bug just something to watch out for.

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