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From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:14:14 -0500



From: "Bill Burgos" <onomrbil () gol com>
Organization: White Bear
To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>


Microsoft's ActiveX Too Active?
by Chris Oakes


Microsoft's ActiveX Too Active?
by Chris Oakes

3:00 a.m. 23.Feb.2000 PST
Microsoft says it will fix its ActiveX installation program after a 
Spanish Web
developer discovered that it modifies users'
computers without asking for their permission.

The problem affects Windows users running Internet Explorer versions 4 and 5.

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http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,34474,00.html


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