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ActiveX controls

Discussion in 'Internet Explorer & Microsoft Edge' started by jcgiglio, 2011/03/17.

  1. 2011/03/17
    jcgiglio

    jcgiglio Inactive Thread Starter

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    From time to time while web browsing, I see a message bar at the top of the window that tells me that insallation of an ActiveX control has been blocked, and that I can install the control if I want to.

    This info, of course, is competely useless, since the msg bar provides no information whatever about what the control in question is supposed to do.

    So how can I find out what any ActiveX control is, or what it does? Or even what its name is?
     
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  2. 2011/03/17
    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    Look in IE Tools->Manage Add Ons
     
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  4. 2011/03/18
    TonyT

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    That's correct, you'll have to view the source code of the page and look for code similar to this:
    Code:
    <object classid= "clsid:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6 ">
    or it could be in a separate javascript (.js) file. The sopurce code may often reveal a path to the <object> on a different domain, which may be unwise to allow to run.

    It's always best to NOT allow the control to run unless you can identify what it is, or you trust the domain. For example, you're not going to get a malicious activex control at MS sites, but elsewhere the malicious controls can be part of an advertising stream.
     
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