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  • ActiveX Vulnerability Prompts Microsoft To Issue Security Warning


    07 July, 2009, by Desire Athow

    Our Comments
    Internet Explorer is the world's most popular web browser and it is therefore not surprising that it attracts so much attention from hackers. Ironically, because ActiveX has long been targeted as one of the most potential dangerous flaws in Microsoft's ecosystem, it has been not been as deadly as other Microsoft vulnerabilities.

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    Microsoft warns of a security hole
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    Tags: Active X, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Vulnerabilities
    Desire Athow
    Posted by
    Desire Athow
    on 07 July, 2009

    Désiré Athow is the Content Editor of ITProPortal.com and has been reporting on technology and telecommunication since 1999. You can follow him on Twitter.
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