Please explain HTA and HTAstop

[Gnostic]

I'm just learning how to secure my computer. *I see in the Wilders downloads a program called HTAstop. *It's suppose to protect against vulnerabilities in Microsoft's HTA. *Could someone explain HTA-what it is, what it does/allows. *Also, explain how HTAstop protects against this. *I read the developer's summary of the program, but I am still just a little bit confused. *

[Paul Wilders]

Hi Gnostic,

There's a fine explanation available from PSC:

www.nsclean.com/htastop.html

Since this isn't exactly a privacy issue, I hope you don't mind me moving this thread to a more appropriate forum.

regards.

paul

[Gnostic]

Paul, I still a little dense on this subject. *Could you or someone give me a simple explanation?

[spy1]

Gnostic - I tried a simple search (using Google from my Opera browser) , using 'HTA exploits' as the search term (without the quotes) and got hits to a number of articles that explain it pretty well. There are too many to go thru here, but by the time you finish reading them, you'll have a pretty good grasp of the subject. Pete

[Gnostic]

Thanks Pete. *I'll read what's on the web--I need all the help I can get!!