On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:28:55 -0500 Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Many web browsers (including Firefox) automatically look for and download a > > I use Mozilla, and I see nothing like what you describe. Firefox and Opera do it. I don't think Mozilla does at this time. At least, two minutes of Google-fu doesn't say much about it. > Hmm. That's certainly something I would disable if I could, and if I > couldn't I'd change browsers. Sounds like a great opportunity for a > security breach. I don't know if it differs much from allowing any other image to download with your web browser, though I'm not enough of an expert on that to have a valid opinion. A lot of websites have a favicon.ico, including Slashdot and most "big" sites like CNN and the like. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
