Active-X - on or off


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I am considering disabling all Active-X downloads, even for signed controls. This is based on the following assumptions:

1) A active-X control is a exe that can basically do anything it wants on your computer.

2) Just because someone signs a control, doesn't mean that they are trustworthy.

3) Signed active-X controls are, by default, downloaded and executed on your computer without any verification.

Comments appreciated.

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I'm not completely skilled when it comes to this area of computing, however I personally allow some ActiveX scripts. I have filtered my Internet Security settings to disable more types of scripts than the default settings.

I still leave the ActiveX scripts on because MSN Hotmail uses them. (Well on my computer it does :s)

:)

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