blocked active x controls

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Tom Pepper Willet
In a resonse to another post on 7/8/05 you indicated that for security
reasons. Your active x controls were blocked. Iwas interested in knowing
what those security issues were. If anyone else can enlighten me, please do.

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

By default, Windows XP now blocks them. You may wish to Google for the
information as to why they are security risks. You'll come up with a ton of
info.
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| Tom Pepper Willet
| In a resonse to another post on 7/8/05 you indicated that for security
| reasons. Your active x controls were blocked. Iwas interested in knowing
| what those security issues were. If anyone else can enlighten me, please
do.
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| God Bless: Jimmyo

 

[Andrew Murray]

They could contain malicious code. ActiveX controls are executable programs.

They could do anything - so some people don't trust them.

They could be trojan horses, viruses -- whatever.