SP2 vs. the plug-ins

[Bob.C]

While security experts applaud Microsoft's recently released Service Pack 2, some companies that distribute their software over the Web are watching the product's introduction with dread and suspicion.

For years, software developers have offered applications to the world in Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser through the company's powerful proprietary API (application programming interface) called ActiveX. The technology starts up external applications, or "plug-ins," within a Web page.

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[madfish]

does not bother me at all, I don't run active X anyhow, lol my browsing style would be so boring to most of you, but it's the way I like it.

[davidw]

Madfish, sometimes the best things in life... are the simple ones... :D

[Vester]

Originally posted by madfish
does not bother me at all, I don't run active X anyhow, lol my browsing style would be so boring to most of you, but it's the way I like it.
I enjoy life without the frills. No streaming ads, lots of white on USA Today and CNN. No poll results. I use McAfee Personal Firewall and Anti-Virus, SpyWareBlaster, Ad-Aware SE Plus, SpyBot, Bazooka, Active Ports (http://www.protect-me.com/freeware.html) and TracksEraser Pro. Can you say paranoid (obsessively anxious about something, or unreasonably suspicious of other people and their thoughts or motives)? :D