ActiveX is a Microsoft software framework that enables applications to share data across web browsers, enhancing functionality and security in computing.

A software module based on Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) architecture. It enables a program to add functionality by calling ready-made components that blend in and appear as normal parts of ...

Microsoft has posted a security advisory that details "active, targeted attacks leveraging a potential vulnerability in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access." The ...

A feature introduced in Internet Explorer 9 that allows the user to decide which ActiveX controls are allowed to run on a website. ActiveX controls that were downloaded for one site may work ...

A high-severity security flaw in the Creative Software automatic update engine could put Windows computers at risk of remote code execution attacks, according to a warning from the US-CERT (Computer ...

Research In Motion Ltd. has patched a piece of software for Windows PCs that could leave them vulnerable to attack when loading new applications onto BlackBerry devices. The flaw lies in an ActiveX ...

A group of hackers is using the remote desktop ActiveX control in Word documents to automatically execute on Windows 10 a malware downloader called Ostap that was seen recently adopted by TrickBot for ...