In context: Microsoft introduced ActiveX in 1996 during Windows 95 days. So, in technological terms, it's ancient. Redmond designed it as a developer framework, allowing users to embed interactive ...

Microsoft has delayed its plans to block out-of-date ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer (IE). Originally slated to take effect this week, the change will now go live on the company's next "Patch ...

Microsoft Wednesday 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 security ...

Microsoft has twisted the knife into ActiveX once again, setting Microsoft 365 to disable all controls without so much as a prompt.… The change replaces the previous default setting, "Prompt me before ...

Activity spotted by an eWeek reporter on at least two "gray-hat" vulnerability research sites appears to indicate that an exploit for a weakness in one of Microsoft's Multimedia ActiveX controls ...

In order to avoid infringing on a controversial patent that it has been struggling to battle in court, Microsoft has decided to change the way Internet Explorer loads embedded ActiveX controls. An ...

Microsoft is investigating reports of a vulnerability in a Windows ActiveX control that could allow an attacker to remotely take control of a computer, according to an advisory issued Friday. One ...

Originally posted by PeterB: The ActiveX controls I have are things such as Java, Acrobat, Quicktime, Shockwave, and various WU related controls. I'm left wondering how is ActiveX any different than ...