Is Enabling Javascript a Security Concern?
Computer viruses, malware and adware threaten your personal, private information that may be stored on your home computer systems, and they also threaten the security of your financial and business information on large data storage systems at credit card companies and banks. Keeping both small and large computer systems secure from hackers and identity thieves is one reason why many security experts disable most client-side scripting capabilities on the browsers used within corporate networks. However, while corporate IT security may disable browser scripting like ActiveX, which compiles and runs itself on a client PC, very few security groups go so far as to disable Javascript capabilities. They enable Javascript in Internet Explorer, Firefox and other browsers that employees use because most websites both on the Internet and most Intranets make use of some form of Javascripting. While you should be concerned about downloading and installing ActiveX controls, Javascript is not a serio
