Submitted by alguien on Mon, 04/14/2014 - 05:22
Never simply copy and paste commands
What you see is not what you copy
You should never simply copy and paste commands from your browser into the terminal. You can be tricked into running malicious code. Such code can be hidden in plain view with deceptive use of formatting. The best practice is to type what you see. This is even possible when you have Javascript disabled in your browser, because a CSS exploit also exists. See Don't Copy Paste Into A Shell, an article by Brian C Tracy.
Prevention of clipboard poisoning in Abrowser
Abrowser prevents clipboard poisoning by default. To set this option manually, follow this tutorial:
In Abrowser's URL bar type:
about:configand press [Enter].
Then type the following in the Search field:
dom.event.clipboardevents.enabledand set its option to "false".
You can do this by double clicking on its line or using the icon on the right side.
