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Johnyjohn

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This JavaScript was hidden in my email (please see below). Anyone knows that, what is it doing?
Is it harmful?
Thanks,


[codebox]<script language="JavaScript"><!--
function msoCommentShow(anchor_id, com_id)
{
if(msoBrowserCheck())
{
c = document.all(com_id);
a = document.all(anchor_id);
if (null != c && null == c.length && null != a && null == a.length)
{
var cw = c.offsetWidth;
var ch = c.offsetHeight;
var aw = a.offsetWidth;
var ah = a.offsetHeight;
var x = a.offsetLeft;
var y = a.offsetTop;
var el = a;
while (el.tagName != "BODY")
{
el = el.offsetParent;
x = x + el.offsetLeft;
y = y + el.offsetTop;
}
var bw = document.body.clientWidth;
var bh = document.body.clientHeight;
var bsl = document.body.scrollLeft;
var bst = document.body.scrollTop;
if (x + cw + ah / 2 > bw + bsl && x + aw - ah / 2 - cw >= bsl )
{ c.style.left = x + aw - ah / 2 - cw; }
else
{ c.style.left = x + ah / 2; }
if (y + ch + ah / 2 > bh + bst && y + ah / 2 - ch >= bst )
{ c.style.top = y + ah / 2 - ch; }
else
{ c.style.top = y + ah / 2; }
c.style.visibility = "visible";
} } }
function msoCommentHide(com_id)
{
if(msoBrowserCheck())
{
c = document.all(com_id);
if (null != c && null == c.length)
{
c.style.visibility = "hidden";
c.style.left = -1000;
c.style.top = -1000;
} }
}
function msoBrowserCheck()
{
ms = navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE");
vers = navigator.appVersion.substring(ms + 5, ms + 6);
ie4 = (ms > 0) && (parseInt(vers) >= 4);
return ie4;
}
if (msoBrowserCheck())
{
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomanchor","background: infobackground");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomoff","display: none");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","visibility: hidden");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","position: absolute");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","top: -1000");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","left: -1000");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","width: 33%");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","background: infobackground");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","color: infotext");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","border-top: 1pt solid threedlightshadow");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","border-right: 2pt solid threedshadow");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","border-bottom: 2pt solid threedshadow");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","border-left: 1pt solid threedlightshadow");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","padding: 3pt 3pt 3pt 3pt");
document.styleSheets.dynCom.addRule(".msocomtxt","z-index: 100");
}
// --></script>[/codebox]

Edited by ScHwErV, 30 November 2006 - 08:29 PM.

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Michael

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Hello and welcome to GeeksToGo Johnyjohn

The script appears to be trying to change the way the e-mail looks, add a bit of extra space aground this, a colored border around something else ect.

It is harmless, and JavaScript tends to be disabled in most e-mails any way.
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