Darth's TOOTH FAIRY explains Drive-by downloads:

like your bastard 'leaders', the satans at M$ don't ever admit the truth, they simply foist fraudulent 'education' about how to reduce some damages ENABLED by thier despicable security flaws and '[deliberately] incompetent' actions and products:
Drive-by downloading is a catch-all name for software downloaded on your computer without your knowledge or intervention. Drive-by downloading is different than phishing, which misleads users by using authentic-appearing sites that deceive users into entering sensitive information, and different than pop-ups, which fool users into agreeing to download software. Drive-by downloads sneak onto computers without the user’s knowledge or permission.

Drive-by downloads: Stealthy downloads and Internet Explorer's new defense against them: "Stopping the Drive-By Threat

In the past, malware could download and install by exploiting URL handling problems within the browser. Hackers [can freely exploit the M$ stupidity] would use an HTML link that referenced a URL containing unusual or excessive characters. Parsing the link would cause the user’s computer buffer to overflow and execute malicious code. A basic rewrite of the code in Internet Explorer 7 helps prevent this, providing not only greater reliability, but also more flexibility to address unforeseen changes [sorry ,the internet ITSELF doesn't actually change, but certain tactics may be deployed to NAVIGATE it]in the Internet.

Also new to Internet Explorer 7 is code that requires browser windows, not just the main browser window, to display an address bar. This [does nothing at all for the typical comatose and CLUELESS 'owner' of M$ bilware ] helps clamp down on the proliferation of pop-up windows that appear to be from a reputable site, yet lead instead to a less than reputable site. This, coupled with the pop-up blocker, helps put the brakes on this form of the drive-by-download." [damn ABSURD lies, and MS obviously has a motive to keep shoddy crap on your PC or they would QUITE SIMPLY implement a secure browser like Firefox or Opera: DOH, folks]

[Further lying atrocities:] But hey, Internet Explorer doesn’t keep any secrets from you. The browser will pop a window (as shown above) notifying you of the blocked pop-up. To display the pop-up or download the file, you need only right-click on the Information Bar and choose Temporarily Allow Pop-Ups.

Tip: If the pop-up is displayed by a site that you trust, you can choose to always allow pop-ups from the site. In fact, by selecting Tools>Pop-Up Blocker>Pop-Up Blocker Settings, you may alter your pop-up blocker settings in greater detail.

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Unlike the Hollywood comedy, drive-by-downloads are no laughing matter, but with the new security features incorporated in Internet Explorer 7, and common sense [sorry: common sense to a damn 'expert' has zero lineage or comprehension to damn fools at home that purchase massive quantities of bilkware and must continually get double-bilked by wastin HUGE amounts of personal time and pc resources and 'spare cash' deploying anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-malware, anti-hijack, anti-trojan... and ultimately purchasing a complet ANTI-Microsoft platform. Buting a new PC with ANYTHING from M$ on it will crush the value of that purchase. Exactly like buying a NEW CAR, and then having ALL the paint AND rust-proofing immediately sanded-off. Every day you drive that (M$) car, your purchase is being corroded at an excessive rate. Your 'car' is actually a MAGNET for accidents AND 'drive-bys'. You are all DAMN FOOLS for the herd-like way you follow masters that are 100% ruthless, evil and exploitative. Go eat more urinated-on grass and weeds, and ACT like you enjoy it, damn tube-fed proles// why would I in intenet NEED a fing capitalization? is it a pseudo TRADEMARK of satan bill?]. Internet usage, they can be dramatically reduced.

The following are Web sites with additional information on drive-by-downloads and adware.

http://www.adwarereport.com

Internet Explorer Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/

Internet Explorer Development Center
http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/default.aspx

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