The fact is, writing secure ActiveX controls is an art, not a science. To succeed, a software developer has to look beyond the intended purposes of the interfaces, to other purposes for which they ...

The other significant ActiveX security change is that it will be possible to restrict ActiveX controls to specific domains. Currently, most ActiveX controls are global in nature; once installed ...

This exploit takes advantage of ActiveX Controls, Microsoft’s technology for executing a program on the Web, and doesn’t appear to work with Internet Explorer 4.0.

Microsoft points out that ActiveX controls have been used by websites in the past to offer interactive content to users, but the company feels there are now large risks with some ActiveX-based sites.

The precedent is set, as Microsoft killed a Yahoo ActiveX control with its last round of updates.

Greetings all. I have a server running Windows 2000 Advanced Server, IIS6, and MSSQL7. I ran the IIS Lockdown Tool 2.1 and now I can't seem to get an ActiveX control I need to get installed for a ...

Microsoft announced that it will block older ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer, starting with Java.

A separate update rollup for Active killbits Microsoft provided cover for this BlackBerry issue and two other ActiveX control vulnerabilities.

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The Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX control is a component that provides automatic update capabilities to Creative Labs software. This ActiveX control is provided by the file CTSUEng.ocx.

Microsoft Corp. today 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 ...