OT: Government Issues Security Warning On Microsoft's Browser
 

US-CERT, the nation's Computer Emergency Response Team, has warned people who use Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser to disable ActiveX.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/...entry_id=24030

A few more warnings are posted here: http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#

BTW, CERT has been issuing announcements about ActiveX and scripting for years. I guess no one paid attention?

RE: OT: Government Issues Security Warning On Microsoft's Browser
 

I don't know JACK about computers, so everytime I was prompted to install Active X I declined only because I was scared. Now I'm glad that I did. :eek:

RE: OT: Government Issues Security Warning On Microsoft's Browser
 

Smart man.

By default the later versions of IE will always warn you before running any active x crap.

RE: OT: Government Issues Security Warning On Microsoft's Browser
 

this is exactly why I use mozilla firefox....

RE: OT: Government Issues Security Warning On Microsoft's Browser
 

The bad guys target Internet Explorer
because a little more than 70% of computer users
still surf with it.

If you have to use IE
this free program
makes it much more resistant to bad guys
permanently changing your computer settings:

http://sandboxie.com/

Sandboxie is also useful if you are testing programs
that might be poorly written.

RE: OT: Government Issues Security Warning On Microsoft's Browser
 

If you actually read the article that CERT actually posted up, it's not a Microsoft or Internet Explorer issue. It's THIRD PARTY software that causes the problem.

By default, the Active X controls that are being asked to be disabled are from websites like Facebook, Myspace, etc....

You have to download/accept those.