Stephen,


>Well I'm one person who distrusts ActiveX and with good reason.
>I know of some ActiveX controls signed by Microsoft that open up
>security holes: one allows you to run arbitrary code.


You don't need to install ActiveX to get security holes, there is plenty
enough in IE itself ;-)
Suscribe to the Microsoft Product Security Notification Service and you will
get an average of one bulletin with a new security issue every other week!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/services/bulletin.asp?ID=8&Parent=2

Is the ActiveX you mensioned marked as safe for scripting?

Nicolas Roumiantzeff.

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