The Most Addictive Flash Game Ever

[~*~ k a t e ~*~]

If you like football you'll probably get as addicted to this as I am.

Kick-Ups Game (http://www.addictinggames.com/kickups.html)

Anyone wanna try and beat my hi-score of 80?? :p

Kate
xxx

[bloom061604]

Damn! Couldn't outscore a girl! How humiliating! Best I could get Katy was a 3! After about 5 minutes it aggravated my RSI (repetitive stress syndrome) for the first time since I retired 18 months ago. I had severe wrist pain for the next 24 hours. However, physical infirmities aside, I can see where it could be very addictive.

By the way, the pain has finally subsided. I don't think I'll attempt it again, but I'm emailing the link to some of my younger, more athletic friends.

—Bloom

[WT]

Well, bloom, you did better than me. I couldn't score anything. Mind you, that's because the page won't load with the current security settings that I have applied to Internet Explorer until Microsoft get around to fixing all (rether than just some) of the recently (and not so recently) reported security vulnerabilities that allow malicious web sites to evade control and do anyhting on your computer... :shock: :roll:

[~*~ k a t e ~*~]

Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry that I caused you a day of pain, bloom!! :(

Now I feel terrible!

And WT - it's only a Macromedia Flash file, your security must be insanely tight to disallow it!!


Kate
xxx

PS - I still can't beat 80 kick-ups :p

[~*~ k a t e ~*~]

Stop press!!!! I just tried the link again for the first time in days and got 141!!!! Whoooo!!!!

[WT]

Hi Katy,

It's well above average, but I dispute insane! :P There are currently a couple of bugs in Internet Explorer security that Microsoft hasn't fixed, even in last month's 6 updates or whatever. They have worked around this, under sever pressure from security organisations, by fiddling a few settings to stop the currently published exploits. But the underlying problem is still there and could be used by new exploits. I get the relevant security bulletins from when I headed up my internetional firm's global virus precautions and response team. For obvious reasons, I'm not going to describe the flaws, but the effect is to allow malicious scripts or other applets (of which Flash is an example) to escape the security context of their web site and execute as the user in the local machine environment. Flash can do little harm; the equivalent Java applet using the same security breach allowed by the same settings can take all the data on your computer, overwrite any files and format your hard drive. More likely, it would infiltrate itself to try to intercept credit card details when Internet shopping or change your dialup to use a premium line so they take thousands of pounds and flee before you even notice an unexpected phone bill for hundreds of pounds.

I have, therefore, changed my settings as described in Microsoft knowledge base article 833633 and I have scripting and Java disabled unless I need it for a specific site (eg, Sky's webcam and the Pool), for which I enable it using a program that I have written myself to update the Windows registry (the IE Settings allow you to change to security for web sites but not for the local machine). I have put sites like Microsoft Windows update and Hotmail in the Trusted Sites list so that they still work.

No being able to try to beat your score is a small price to pay for this security... plus think of how many hours a day more I have to do other things!!! :P :wink: