Re: ActiveX Control Vulnerability

As it turned out, the videos on the Yahoo web site all seem to use the same
url so I added it to my trusted sites. Most important of all, I can do my
research work by browsing sites with 'run activex controls and plug-ins'
disabled and the web pages load reasonably well. I will continue to operate
this way. Thanks again for your assistance.

Regards,

Bryan

"bryan" wrote:

Hi J Wolfgang,
Thanks for your reply. I have been using my trusted sites as you have
suggested. The problem is that when I browse movie trailers via Windows Media
Player etc, the videos take me to many different sites and it gets cumbersome
adding each site to the trusted list. Also, unless I enable ''run activex
controls and plug-ins", none of the videos on the Yahoo web site run at all.

"jwgoerlich@xxxxxxxxx" wrote:

Hello Bryan,

Are the websites that require ActiveX for videos trusted? If so, you
can add them to the Trusted sites (Tools > Internet Options > Security
Tab, highlight Trusted sites, click [Sites].) Set the Trusted Sites to
enable ActiveX for your videos. Disable ActiveX on the Internet. This
is a whitelist approach that I find works very well, particularly if
combined with web surfing as a normal user (e.g., not as
Administrator).

J Wolfgang Goerlich

On Dec 26, 10:22 am, bryan <br...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My research takes me to a wide variety of web sites. I am running Win XP sp2,
IE 7, Kaspersky Internet Suite, Spywareblaster and Linkscanner. To protect
against the threats inherent in activex controls I disabled the security
setting in IE 7 for 'runactivex controls and plug-ins'.
While most web pages still load 'adequately', my problem is with video
files. Many (if not most) do not run unless I re-enable the setting. Setting
a register bit (a suggestion by some experts) is too complex. Will switching
to Mozilla (no activex problem) solve my problem? Is there a way to keep IE 7
and avoid the security issues and inconveniences of the activex controls?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Bryan


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