Did you know that Web sites can snag a copy of what’s on your Windows clipboard? Neither did I, until now.
Only works in Internet Explorer on the Windows platform. It reportedly works with varied success when IE is running in an emulator such as VMWare on another OS. If you have to use Windows, at least dump IE and use Firefox.
Rogue, evil websites can use this to steal potentially sensitive data from your Windows clipboard.
If you use Internet Explorer, here’s how to disable this security hole:
Go to Tools – Internet Options – Security – Select a security zone – Custom Level – Scripting – Allow paste operations via script and set it to Disabled or Prompt.