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Microsoft Confirms Code Execution Hole in IE
« on: July 01, 2005, 05:23:05 PM »
Microsoft late Thursday confirmed a security flaw in its dominant Internet Explorer browser could be potentially exploited by malicious hackers to take "take complete control of the affected system."

Microsoft released a security advisory acknowledging the vulnerability and recommended that IE users set Internet and local intranet security zone settings to "High" before running ActiveX controls in these zones.

All supported versions of Internet Explorer, including IE 6.0 in Windows XP SP 2 (Service Pack 2) are affected.

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Re: Microsoft Confirms Code Execution Hole in IE
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2005, 02:31:42 AM »
MB...I see ActiveX..somewhere/times on my system (I'm not sure from what/where,,my daughter?)  Can you explain what it is, and, is it something I can delete?

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Re: Microsoft Confirms Code Execution Hole in IE
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2005, 02:49:04 AM »
You can learn about ActiveX here: What is ActiveX?
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