Microsoft Office has supported ActiveX for years as an option for extending and automating documents, but it has also been a significant security vulnerability. Microsoft is finally starting to turn ...

Microsoft Office 2024, the latest version of the company's productivity apps, will be released later this year. In addition to new features, the suite will include various changes, improvements, and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — If you’re using Microsoft Outlook Express in Internet Explorer 5.0 for e-mail and you don’t disable the ActiveX Controls feature, someone could send you a message that could wipe ...

Microsoft today announced an important Internet Explorer update that will block out-of-date ActiveX controls. It will be released along with the next Windows update and other security updates coming ...

A group of security experts publishes a report filled with tips on how individuals and organizations can reduce security risks in Microsoft's Internet Explorer when using ActiveX controls. A group of ...

Researchers at Errata Security are offering a free tool for users that protects them from the wave of malicious ActiveX controls plaguing Internet Explorer browsers. Errata created the tool, called ...

The United States Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) has released a new ActiveX fuzzer to help developers pinpoint browser-based security vulnerabilities. The tool, called Dranzer, lets ...

Follow the steps below to change the color of the ActiveX Control buttons in Microsoft Excel, Word or PowerPoint. We are using Word as an example, but the procedure is identical.: Launch Microsoft ...

Every time I click to a new page on the OpenForum, I get a prompt asking if I want to allow ActiveX controls and plugins to run.<BR>(Win2K Pro SP4, IE6.01 with all updates)<BR><BR>Now I have custom ...

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 ...

Microsoft plans to add ActiveX blocking capabilities into certain versions of its Internet Explorer browsers on Aug. 12. However, the actual blocking effect will only start to take effect for Oracle ...