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Good point
Talkback The drawback is that it uses ActiveX, so you either have to use IE to view it or get a plugin for Firefox. We'll look at adding that - we did talk about it during the redesign process last year, but the capability was one of the bits that...
[February 7, 2007, 9:34]
MediaRing review
Reviews Running the Web-based service requires you to violate most of the principles of good security: in Netscape you have to turn on SmartUpdate, while in Internet Explorer you have to enable all forms of ActiveX.
[February 6, 2001, 23:00]
Bumper crop of Microsoft patches coming
News Additionally, the June patches will permanently alter the way Internet Explorer handles Web programs called ActiveX controls. Next Tuesday, Microsoft will release a dozen security bulletins with fixes for flaws, as part of its monthly patching cycle.
[June 9, 2006, 11:35]
Microsoft taps WorldView for IE VRML viewer
News Both VRML products will appear as full ActiveX objects in March 1997. Available for download now at Microsoft's Web site, WorldView will become the core of Microsoft's VRML 2.0 viewer implementation in IE.
[January 28, 1997, 11:21]
Internet World: Small but well-formed
News Oxford-based Panormania demonstrated Object Video, a 360-degree imaging technology for the Web based on ActiveX. Internet World UK looked small but pretty well formed on its opening day of three at Kensington's Olympia exhibition space today.
[May 20, 1997, 17:55]
New Hotmail hole discovered
News While it's long been known that active Web applets, whether written in ActiveX or Java, have the potential to pry open systems from the inside, this is the first case in which someone has shown that Hotmail is vulnerable to such attacks.
[September 14, 1999, 9:06]
MS wants Office to be a development platform
News The developer product will include the suite applications available in the end-user Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and a PIM) as well as customisation tools such as a Setup Wizard for custom applications, SQL querying, tools for...
[October 2, 1996, 16:11]
Q&A (2): MS's Pryke-Smith on Java
News They were in the marketplace first and have the majority market share but we have a lot of things they don't, such as speed, integration with ActiveX, the ability to debug multiple app-lets, and interactive debugging from Internet Explorer or...
[September 5, 1996, 16:59]
PocketTools
Downloads Display information on all DLLs, Executable, Installed software, ActiveX Controls, Media files, and Databases. PocketTools is a complete and essential monitoring tool for Microsoft Windows CE-based Pocket PC devices.
[December 25, 2003, 11:32]
Windows Media Player flaw could expose sensitive files
News This ActiveX flaw is found in Media Player 9, but not in earlier versions of the software, including version 8.0, which ships with Windows XP. Microsoft's Media Player 9 has a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to play or modify media files...
[July 8, 2003, 15:46]
Exporting SAS/GRAPH Output for Inclusion in Web Pages and Other Software Applications
White Papers Image types addressed in this paper include EMF, CGM, EPS, GIF, PNG, ActiveX, and PostScript. When one executes SAS/GRAPH code interactively, one typically view the picture on a display monitor through the GRAPH window.
[May 31, 2008, 1:01]
Massive IE phishing exploit discovered
News The vulnerability is caused by a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the DHTML Edit ActiveX control, but because the flaw is within the browser, it can be used against any Web site, Secunia said. A vulnerability researcher posted details of a...
[December 17, 2004, 12:10]
HP patches 'critical' flaw in 100 laptop models
News The researcher discovered that flaws in HPInfoDLL.dll — one of the ActiveX controls used within HP Info Center — could allow remote attackers to carry out a number of malicious activities. HP has released a patch which disables its Info Center...
[December 18, 2007, 12:30]
VirusScan 6.0 review
Reviews It guards against all kinds of intruders, including viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and -- on the Web -- ActiveX Controls or Java applets, which can execute malicious commands without your knowledge. Although this update costs slightly more than its...
[January 15, 2002, 23:00]
Microsoft releases critical patches for XP
News One critical patch is designed to resolve the security issues surrounding the HTML Help ActiveX control in Windows. Microsoft on Tuesday released two critical patches for its Windows operating system, but a patch for underlying security problems in...
[January 12, 2005, 7:30]
Bubbleboy virus is wild, no danger yet
News Bubbleboy exploits two ActiveX controls in Microsoft Outlook Express. The dreaded Bubbleboy virus has been found on the Internet according to Russian based anti-virus company, Kaspersky. The virus, which was sent to anti-virus companies earlier...
[December 1, 1999, 16:20]
Netscape 8.0 (beta) review
Reviews Sites listed on Netscape's spyware and phishing blacklist (supplied by third-party anti-spam and anti-phishing vendors) will be denied ActiveX and cookie access on your desktop. Netscape has released a beta version of a much-anticipated browser...
[March 4, 2005, 12:55]
'Survivor' site contains malicious code
News The Trojans take advantage of known exploits in Microsoft ActiveX, Internet Explorer and Java virtual machine. A Web site likely to attract fans of the CBS-owned television series Survivor could contain a nasty surprise for its visitors.
[May 13, 2004, 10:35]
Microsoft says security programme is speeding fixes
News Meanwhile, Microsoft has yet to plug a critical ActiveX hole in Office that it warned two weeks ago attackers were exploiting to take control of PCs by luring Internet Explorer users to malicious websites.
[July 28, 2009, 9:41]
Porn Trojan exploits old Microsoft hole
News The security vulnerability that Seeker attacks is in the Microsoft virtual machine ActiveX component. A new Trojan horse is redirecting Internet users to pornographic Web sites by exploiting an old vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE).
[January 4, 2002, 12:43]
