What is Activex Control?

[silkie]

What is Activex

[Fed]

http://www.active-x.com/articles/whatis.htm

[merlin]

Whats the problem pal.

[silkie]

Thanks for the link - I read the article, but truthfully I am not much the wiser.  It seems to be technology for web producers and developers.  I thought it might be a program for the ordinary surfer, but when I checked the web there were warnings about the dangers of outside control of my pc!
Any other advice?

[GX1_Man]

It is a Microft feature that unfortunately makes our computer susceptible to all sorts of web attacks. Unfortunately, you have to have it to go to Microsoft Update sites, and others. Many people don't enable it, or use a more secure browser or operating system.

[patio]

Yes switch to FireFox and only use IE for your Win updates.

[Spedz]

Who said you had to use firefox  . I don't like it much, so i prefer to use opera. Does the job!

[patio]

Agreed. I was just trying to wean him off of IE

[Champion_Munch]

Or... if you're like me and you're stuck to IE, you can lock it down to make it as safe as / safer than alternative browsers.

with regards

[silkie]

Thanks for all replies -
I've switched to Firefox to see how I get on with that.  So far so good - it seems to have more to offer than IE.
The instructions for customising the security on IE are a bit beyond my present experience, so I'll keep on looking in on these forums to see what I can pick up.

[Raptor]

ActiveX is crappy virus allowing software used by the fascist company Microsoft to dominate your web browsing

USE MOZILLA FIREFOX!

[Spedz]

I agree about IE Being crap, and Firefox being better. Though, Opera is the same.. And i don't get why Firefox can get so much more popular