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Gloria E
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Kill-bit

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Has anyone used Kill-bit to disable ActiveX? I've disabled it using the Internet Security Zone, so I wonder if using Kill-bit is a little over reacting or will it help protect my computer?

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Re: Kill-bit

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If you've already disabled ActiveX then more is just overkill. The kill bit is for an individual version of an ActiveX control. So, disable ActiveX completely using killbits you'd have to set the killbit for all ActiveX controls in the registry.

See Killbit - Wikipedia & How to stop an ActiveX control from running in Internet Explorer for more information.

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Re: Kill-bit

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JoeP wrote:If you've already disabled ActiveX then more is just overkill. The kill bit is for an individual version of an ActiveX control. So, disable ActiveX completely using killbits you'd have to set the killbit for all ActiveX controls in the registry.

See Killbit - Wikipedia & How to stop an ActiveX control from running in Internet Explorer for more information.

Joe
Thanks Joe, I previously read the article you supplied. I was still not sure of what I should do so I asked here on this forum. You people are so knowlegeable that I knew I could not go wrong by expressing my concern. Needless to say I will NOT be using Kill-bit to disable ActiveX.

Thanks again :thankyou:

Gloria E
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