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4130 wrote:
Dave,

Thanks for the solution & the image to my cntrl>click problem.  Never
thought it would be a "security" issue.

I think the "security" issue is that hyperlinks can be formatted to look like normal text. Usually in a word processor you click to position the cursor where you want to edit text. Someone could send you a document, and when you click on that text (intending to position the cursor for editing it) you end up opening a web page instead - which may exploit a vulnerability in your web browser to install malware.

With some vulnerabilities, you need only to open a web page designed to exploit it; you don't even need accept and run a download, or even realise that anything has happened. e.g. the first item under "Mitigating Factors" at https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS14-037 (about half way down the page).

Even if they're not being malicious, it's somewhat frustrating to click on a bit of text and suddenly find some web page being opened when all you wanted to do was edit the text.

Mark.

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