The exploitation of ActiveX controls is not new to the security community. While initially designed to provide website authors with new embeddable features, and granting Internet Explorer (IE) users ...

The ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access enables users to view an Access report snapshot without requiring the use of a standard version of ...

A wave of bugs in the plug-in technology used by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) browser has some security experts, including those at US-CERT, recommending that users disable all ActiveX controls.

Microsoft Wednesday issued “kill bit” updates for ActiveX controls from HP and a Washington state developer, the third time it’s disabled third-party add-ons in the last four months. One security ...

For years, many security consultants and well-meaning guidelines have recommended completely disabling ActiveX in Internet browsers (mainly Internet Explorer) to prevent a particular type of Web ...

The revised update for ActiveX follows a few days after Microsoft released a mammoth 11 security bulletins Tuesday, six of which repaired critical vulnerabilities in both Microsoft Office and Internet ...

For the second time in a week, Microsoft Corp. is warning users that hackers are exploiting an unpatched, critical bug in a company-made ActiveX control, putting people running Internet Explorer at ...

Hello.<BR><BR>Hopefully somebody can point me to the right direction on this.<BR><BR>On a Windows Server 2003, I run a web application that's accessed by two groups of people.<BR>An ASP page has some ...

Outlook users will no longer see inline SVG images as Microsoft strengthens defenses against phishing and malware.

Research In Motion Ltd. has patched a piece of software for Windows PCs that could leave them vulnerable to attack when loading new applications onto BlackBerry devices. The flaw lies in an ActiveX ...

In the Internet Explorer 6 security settings, I've noticed that the options for running ActiveX controls and plug-ins include "Administrator approved", "Disable", "Enable" and "Prompt". Is there any ...

At times, you might not want to prevent macros, ActiveX control, data connections, etc., from running in a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, or PowerPoint presentation. If so, you can disable or turn ...