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Re: WildCatBoy -- how did I do this? .
> I have been surfing with ActiveX disabled and really enjoying it. However, I am NOW seeing this DUMB screen pop-up when I get to pages that want to run ActiveX.
You probably followed anti-virus company advice and installed Microsoft's eyedog_typelib patch and disabled ActiveX to block Bubbleboy/KAK/etc script worms.
Some early published instructions incorrectly advised disabling ALL ActiveX in ALL IE Zones, but all that is required is to disable all ActiveX only in IE Restricted Sites and set your e-mail in Outlook Express in the Restricted Sites Zone.
> How do I get rid of this annoying screen?
You can probably re-enable ActiveX in the IE Internet Zone, but I would leave it disabled and either put up with the "page not displaying correctly" warning or find other web sites which don't force this potentially hazardous crap on you.
Pure HTML and HTML-JavaSCRIPT web pages cannot secretly play dirty tricks on your PC, but malicious Java APPLETS and ActiveX can be (and have been) coded into web pages in such a way that no anti-virus or anti-Trojan software can protect you.
There is nothing I want to see badly enough on ANY web page for me to allow someone else's Java Applets or ActiveX to run on my PC. |
