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ActiveX script for disaster highlights IE security flaw
News In this case Symantec's Norton Utilities 2.0 has a scriptable component called TUNEOCX.OCX: ActiveX-aware Web pages can detect this and feed it instructions. ActiveX's certification only applies to executables, and there is no other security...
[April 8, 1997, 20:32]
ADO: ActiveX Data Objects - Accessing ADO With Various Languages
White Papers Because ActiveX Data Objects expose their properties by means of COM interfaces, they can be accessed by any language that can utilize COM. This paper looks at accessing ADO from Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Visual J++, since these are the most...
[October 10, 2007, 1:00]
ActiveX controls mostly just ruin Windows reputation.
Talkback ActiveX has always been a security problem, and it is time for it to go away, quit using it, outlaw it, anything to prevent programmers use, and employment on a customer base. It doesn't actually ruin their reputation, it just re- enforces it more...
[July 16, 2009, 12:35]
MS blends native compiler, speed, ActiveX in VB 5.0
News The software also includes ActiveX support, IntelliSense usability improvements to save time on syntax errors, and a revamped development environment. Bill Gates, chairman and CEO of Microsoft, said that VB 5.0, and particularly support for...
[February 4, 1997, 15:47]
ActiveX and Java will not lock horns, says MS
News "Every Java app-let [can be] an ActiveX Control," said Microsoft program manager for the Internet and tools division Charles Fitzgerald. ActiveX] allows Java app-lets to access all PC native functionality," including graphics accelerators, he said.
[September 26, 1996, 15:34]
Five years ago: ActiveX script for disaster highlights IE security flaw
News In this case Symantec's Norton Utilities 2.0 has a scriptable component called TUNEOCX.OCX: ActiveX-aware Web pages can detect this and feed it instructions. ActiveX's certification only applies to executables, and there is no other security...
[April 8, 2002, 7:01]
ActiveX vulnerability
Talkback Why are programmers still using activeX? It should have been banned long ago as it is nothing but a security breach. Thank M$ for more quality developer programs.
[August 13, 2007, 13:40]
ActiveX 'feature' puts Office at risk
News The issue relates to the ability to load ActiveX controls in an Office document and is not a vulnerability but an Office feature, a Microsoft representative said. An ActiveX control is a small application typically used to make Web sites more...
[June 23, 2006, 8:55]
ActiveX group set Oct. 1 date
News In July, Microsoft said it would hand over the reigns to its ActiveX component technology to counter fears that it wouldn't provide a level playing field for object software development. The October 1 meeting, to be held in New York, will bring...
[September 17, 1996, 10:23]
ActiveX bug resurfaces
News Yet another potentially devastating flaw inherent to Microsoft's Web language ActiveX has been revealed on SecurityForum's message-board "Bugtraq". Unless the ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer are de-activated, the links it contains have the...
[September 3, 1999, 12:32]
Yet another reason to kill ActiveX.
Talkback This is just one more reason to kill ActiveX for good. The day IE no longer has anything to do with ActiveX, will probably be the day that IE can be used with reasonably safely. Avoiding IE, at least for the time being is also a good idea.
[August 4, 2009, 4:53]
Open Group will steer ActiveX forward
News Unix regulatory body The Open Group today said it had been chosen to steer Microsoft's ActiveX technology. A consortium of over 80 developers met in New York yesterday to plan the future of ActiveX. I've been asked by Microsoft vice president Paul...
[October 2, 1996, 17:07]
How to Stop an ActiveX Control From Running in Internet Explorer
White Papers The paper describes how to stop an ActiveX control from running in Internet Explorer. One can do so by modifying the data value of the Compatibility Flags DWORD value for the CLaSs IDentifier (CLSID) of the ActiveX control.
[October 6, 2006, 1:00]
Virtual Serial Port ActiveX CE
Downloads Virtual Serial Port ActiveX CE is a powerful advanced ActiveX Control for Embedded platforms that allows your software to create custom additional virtual serial ports in Windows CE system and fully control them from within your own program.
[November 3, 2006, 16:59]
Microsoft warns of new ActiveX flaw
Talkback You have it right bro, IE + ActiveX is a hackers dream. ActiveX has been a security nightmare since its inception, and should have been dropped long ago.
[July 16, 2009, 11:01]
Microsoft warns of flaw in Video ActiveX control
News Microsoft on Monday warned of a vulnerability in its Video ActiveX Control that could allow an attacker to take control of a PC if the user visits a malicious website. Since there are no by-design uses for the ActiveX Control within Internet...
[July 7, 2009, 8:29]
Audio Capture ActiveX Control
Downloads Compatible with any programming language that supports ActiveX (Access, Visual C++ , Visual Basic, Visual Foxpro, Delphi, .Net). For Professional Windows Developers who need to audio capture from audio input pin.for example, Line In , Microphone...
[December 12, 2008, 10:25]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attacks targeting Access
News Microsoft issued a security advisory on Monday warning about targeted attacks that exploit a hole in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer in the Microsoft Access database-management system. The vulnerability only affects the ActiveX control...
[July 8, 2008, 8:29]
BarCodeWiz Barcode ActiveX Control
Downloads With BarCodeWiz Barcode ActiveX Control you can add all major barcode types to Microsoft Office applications with a click of a button. BarCodeWiz Barcode ActiveX Control is also a tool for a Visual Basic, Visual C++, VB.NET, C#, or Delphi developer...
[March 18, 2009, 2:50]
Microsoft Security Update Changes ActiveX Interaction
White Papers Microsoft's latest security patch includes a nonsecurity update that changes the way Internet Explorer interacts with ActiveX. This update will require some planning before implementation. MS06-013 addresses 10 security issues, including the highly...
[October 6, 2009, 0:00]
