Last month, Microsoft posted a security advisory that detailed "active, targeted attacks leveraging a potential vulnerability in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access." The ...

Research in Motion (RIM) today raised an alarm for a serious security vulnerability in the BlackBerry Application Web Loader, warning that it exposes Windows users to code execution attacks. When a ...

Research In Motion Ltd. has patched a piece of software for Windows PCs that could leave them vulnerable to attack when loading new applications onto BlackBerry devices. The flaw lies in an ActiveX ...

For years, many security consultants and well-meaning guidelines have recommended completely disabling ActiveX in Internet browsers (mainly Internet Explorer) to prevent a particular type of Web ...

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Our Intranet uses ActiveX controls (don't ask) and recently these have had to be updated. Currently we do this on a case-by-case basis as non-admins cannot install the plug-in. There must be an easier ...

A software module based on Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) architecture. It enables a program to add functionality by calling ready-made components that blend in and appear as normal parts of ...

ActiveX blocking capabilities will be making their way to Internet Explorer browsers on Aug. 12, according to Microsoft. That's the date when the new ActiveX blocking capabilities will start to appear ...

Word processing component maker Text Control GmbH today announced the release of TX Text Control ActiveX 16.0. The updated ActiveX controls are part of a family of products focused on enabling the ...