Under IE 6.0.2900.2180, this does not occur as you describe.

If the mouse pointer is pointed to the edge around the link,
"http://www.microsoft.com" is displayed, but when the pointer is
directly over the link, "http://www.google.com" is correctly
displayed.

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:38:16 +0200, 0-1-2-3 (at) gmx (dot) de [email concealed] <0-1-2-3 (at) gmx (dot) de [email concealed]> wrote:
> New URL spoofing bug in Microsoft Internet Explorer
>
> There is a security bug in Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 (fully patched),
> which allowes to show any faked target-address in the status bar of the
> window.
>
> The example below will display a faked URL ("http://www.microsoft.com/") in
> the status bar of the window, if you move your mouse over the link. Click
> on the link and IE will go to "http://www.google.com/" and NOT to
> "http://www.microsoft.com/" .
>
> <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/"><table><tr><td><a
> href="http://www.google.com/">Click here</td></tr></table></a>
>
> Description: Microsoft Internet Explorer can't handle links surrounded by a
> table and an other link correct.
>
> The bug can be exploited using HTML mail message too.
>
> Affected software: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Outlook Express,
> ...
>
> Workaround: Don't click on non-trusted links. Or right-click on links to
> see the real target. Or use Copy-and-Paste.
>
> Regards,
> Benjamin Tobias Franz
> Germany
>
>

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