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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]
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]
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, 0:00]
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]
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, 16:51]
Activex Problems
Forum i have a really annoying problem when ever i go on a certain websites this stupid window says "click to run an activex control on this webpage" i clicked ok then the page freezes for a couple of seconds then another window opens up and says...
[April 28, 2006, 19:11]
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]
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 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]
ActiveX Add-on Makes File-swappers Pay
News Second, file-sharing networks plug an ActiveX component into their applications. An application designed to help legitimise content on existing P2P applications such as Kazaa and BearShare is due to launch later this year.
[August 7, 2003, 14:35]
Sony And Gracenote Urge Caution Over ActiveX Flaw
Talkback ACTIVEX strikes again! Time M$ realized this is NOT an app suitable for public use due to its vulnerability. Replace it or destroy it.
[September 19, 2006, 14:49]
WHITE PAPER: Using Your Active-CV2100 ActiveX Control With Visual Studio.NET
White Papers The Active-CV2100 ActiveX control allows programmers to quickly and easily communicate with the Keyence CV-2100 via Ethernet. The ActiveX provides support for a range of methods from sending low-level raw commands to execution of high-level CV-2100...
[June 27, 2007, 0:00]
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]
Malicious Mobile Code: Virus Protection For Windows - Malicious ActiveX Controls
White Papers Unlike Java, there isn't an ActiveX programming language. Instead, ActiveX is a group of Microsoft software development tools that allow Windows programs to work across networks. Initially code-named "Sweeper," the ActiveX architecture was formally...
[October 24, 2007, 0:00]
ActiveX Flaw Exposes Flash Users To Hackers
News Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer at eEye, attributed the Macromedia Flash flaw to a buffer overflow vulnerability connected to an ActiveX control called Flash.ocx. An exploit has been discovered in Macromedia's Flash player that could let...
[May 3, 2002, 15:56]
Symantec Announces ActiveX Vulnerability
News Symantec has revealed details of a vulnerability in two ActiveX controls used in its Norton Windows antivirus software. The problem in the ActiveX controls could allow a hacker to execute code on an affected PC.
[August 10, 2007, 16:05]
NBit HTML Viewer ActiveX
Downloads A HTML viewer activeX control for any software developer. Integrates easily into any development environment that support activeX controls. Perfect for the programmer who wants to display media rich content in HTML format in their applications.
[September 28, 2006, 8:16]
Finjan Protection Targets Java, ActiveX Threat
News We truly believe in the new paradigm of computing led by Java and ActiveX," said Lior Arussy, VP of marketing and sales at Finjan. The Finjan products available in the UK now are SurfinShield 2.0 (£70), a Java security client aimed at end-users...
[April 16, 1997, 11:08]
ActiveX 'feature' Puts Office At Risk
Talkback You would think that M$ could understand that ACTIVE-X is a problem, not a solution, and would be trying to rectify the situation by removing problem from all software.
[June 26, 2006, 13:28]
