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EEye Releases IE Patch
Talkback Most web sites cannot be used with active scripting disabled. Disabling active scripting means turning off the javascript feature which has been a part of web browsers since the 90s. A decently secure browser would allow the user to start with all...
[April 3, 2006, 8:16]
TechNet Webcast: Poking Your Nose Into Active Directory - Level 200
White Papers What do you find when the Microsoft Scripting Guys poke around a typical enterprise's Active Directory? You'll definitely want to join this webcast as the Microsoft Scripting Guys show how to write scripts that take advantage of ActiveX Database...
[December 16, 2004, 23:00]
Why You Should Ditch Norton AntiVirus
Talkback McaFee antivirus 9.0 REQUIRES Active-X (and active scripting and more) to be enabled --- the very stuff we are all warned against enabling.be the AV people themselves! SO: you have to enable Active-x (and active scripting and a whole heap more) in...
[February 7, 2005, 15:03]
All Windows Systems Vulnerable To Jscript Flaw
News Jscript, the Microsoft object-oriented version of the JavaScript (aka ECMAScript) scripting language, is an interpreted language, so it can run only in the presence of Active Server Pages, IE, or Windows Script Host.
[March 31, 2003, 13:40]
Internet Explorer 6 Scripting Flaw Discovered
News Users are advised to switch off active scripting in Internet Explorer until a patch becomes available, or to use a non-IE browser. Instructions on disabling active scripting -- which may keep some sites from functioning properly -- are available...
[November 28, 2003, 16:30]
EEye Releases IE Patch
News Organisations should only install this patch if they are not able to disable Active Scripting as a means of mitigation," Manzuik said. Disabling Active Scripting is the the work-around suggested in Microsoft's advisory.
[March 28, 2006, 12:40]
Why You Should Ditch Norton AntiVirus
Talkback McaFee antivirus 9.0 REQUIRES Active-X (and active scripting and more) to be enabled --- the very stuff we are all warned against enabling.be the AV people themselves! SO: you have to enable Active-x (and active scripting and a whole heap more) in...
[October 25, 2005, 12:09]
Security Hole In IE5, Patch In Progress
News Microsoft is currently developing a patch, but until it is ready, the company recommends users only add Web sites they trust to the "Trusted Zone" in IE 5.0 and disable Active Scripting in the "Internet Zone", where all Web sites exist.
[October 14, 1999, 10:46]
IE Flaw Gets Second Third-party Patch
News Instead, people should follow Microsoft's advice and disable the Active Scripting feature in IE, or simply use a different Web browser, experts said. Only those people who need to use Active Scripting in IE should consider adopting an unofficial...
[March 29, 2006, 9:20]
The Dangers Of Scripting Flaws In IE
News There are no existing mitigating factors, unless you routinely disable Active Scripting in IE. Of course, disabling Active Scripting can play havoc with the way some Web sites work. Disabling Active Scripting can block these vulnerabilities.
[December 15, 2003, 17:00]
IE Spoofing Flaw Adds To Windows' Woes
News Our initial investigation has revealed that customers who have set their Internet security settings to high, or who have disabled active scripting, are at reduced risk from attack as the attack vector requires scripting," Microsoft said.
[April 7, 2006, 9:15]
Web Ripe For Massive Worm Attack
News One of the IIS flaws affects servers with activated HTR scripting -- an obsolete technology that has been replaced by Active Server Pages. Netcraft noted that around half of the IIS sites on the Internet have HTR scripting enabled, meaning they are...
[July 1, 2002, 12:21]
Tackling Microsoft's August Patches: Part 2
News A good workaround is to disable Active Scripting in the My Computer zone. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-044, "Vulnerability in Microsoft Management Console Could Allow Remote Code Execution", fixes the MMC Redirect Cross-Site Scripting...
[August 22, 2006, 13:10]
IE Bug Provides Phishing Tool
News While it's possible for users to mitigate those vulnerabilities by disabling the browser's "active scripting", which allows the browser to run scripts and ActiveX code, turning off the feature will limit the browsers functionality, Copley said.
[December 10, 2003, 8:50]
Trojans Target Unpatched IE Flaw
News Sophos advised users to turn off the Active Scripting facility in Internet Explorer, as a stop-gap measure. Until a fix is available from Microsoft, concerned computer users should consider changing the configuration of Internet Explorer to turn...
[December 5, 2005, 14:05]
IE Flaw Puts Credit Card Info At Risk
News Until the patch is ready, Microsoft is urging IE users to disable active scripting in the their browser settings. To disable active scripting in IE, open the Tools menu in the browser, followed by Internet Options and then the tab for Security.
[November 12, 2001, 9:42]
Trojans Target Unpatched IE Flaw
Talkback Until a fix is available from Microsoft, concerned computer users should consider changing the configuration of Internet Explorer to turn off, or prompt before, allowing Active Scripting to run," said the company.
[December 6, 2005, 3:46]
IE Users Brace For Attack
Talkback Now I just disable for the meantime active scripting at my IE. I experienced the exploit on 31.03.06, after I click on a reply button, an executable file is downloaded on my machine, luckily my anti-virus detected it as a trojan and quarantined it.
[April 1, 2006, 2:41]
IE 5.5 Exploit Evades Security Feature
News Guninski recommends users disable active scripting to be safe. The "IE 5.5 Cross Frame security vulnerability" uses JavaScript, a Web page scripting language, to bypass security features built into Internet Explorer.
[September 7, 2000, 15:26]
Make VB Apps Scriptable
News The Windows Script Control encapsulates the Active Scripting Engine, which is the heart of WSH, into a UI-less ActiveX control that you can easily use from VB. To run some script using the scripting control, you have several options:The Eval method...
[May 26, 2002, 22:32]
