How to tell bad activex

computer2slow · #1 (**permalink**) 25th March 2007, 06:07 PM

When you get the

Quote:

This page provides potentially unsafe information to an ActiveX Control. Your current security settings prohibit running controls in this manner. As a result, this page may not display correctly.

is there an easy way to find which?

Head_Monkey · #2 (**permalink**) 26th March 2007, 12:47 AM

It usually means thatthe activeX component has not been digitally signed or verified. From memory, the little icon on the status bar at the bottom should tell you whether it is signed or not. I'll check proper like when I get home.

computer2slow · #3 (**permalink**) 26th March 2007, 02:28 AM

All it says is mixed zone. What I think that is some how doing it is the media player I put on the myspace page. Worked before but I guess a spybot update locked IE down more.

Head_Monkey · #4 (**permalink**) 27th March 2007, 02:50 PM

Not sure if this will help, but there's a program out there (not tested) that displays activeX components on yer PC. Might be of some use in determining which one is being run.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/axhelper.html

computer2slow · #5 (**permalink**) 27th March 2007, 04:37 PM

I'll take peek.