ActiveX in firefox

Is there anyway to block ActiveX in firefox, or any extension to do it. I am using OA trial and it is doing this job but I need some free option.

 

Firefox doesn't support ActiveX, nor does any browser that isn't an IE shell.

 

But when i go to some sites say cnet or pcmag via firefox, OA is saying ActiveX on that page is dangerous, you want to allow or not?

 

sites can have activex but firefox wont load it. ive wondered myself why OA asks for it.

 

so we should ask the OA support, it happens many time, if u have OA, u can try to go to cnet or pcmag websites.

 

look at this picture, blocked ActiveX in firefox, marked red by me.

 

There is an ActiveX plugin for Mozilla FF used by webdevelopers for using the gecko engine in HTML editor software. Maybe you, or somebody else have by mistake downloaded this plugin to your browser?

Regards, C.

 

It,s my personal notebook, nobody is using it. I did not install active X plugins. BTW if it is installed there must be some way to know it exactly, so if u know that way I can check. I do have java from sun.

 

Thanks for that! If u have alreadt posted it there, pls give a link or if u can,t i wwill post myself.

 

OA reads the page BEFORE the browser sees it and alerts that the content is there. These are alert about the website content. This has nothing to do with what browser one uses and also does not matter what options are enabled for that browser.

 

loading pcworld.com in IE gives no indication that the site has activex. in aigle's pic, in place of "[ActiveX blocked by Online Armor]" it just has an ad. what does OA consider activex?

 

Doing a search on the Online Armor Forums brought back a number of Activex hits. The latest I found was this Jan 2006 thread where it was mentioned that they will be looking into some type of solution.

 

U can see on the picture, there is written ActiveX blocked and the webpage is opened by firefox.

 

As FirePost alluded to....OA looks at the HTML code which is the same code no matter what browser one uses. On that blogs.pcworld page there is an advertisement being shown using Shockwave which is an ActiveX control. It is being displayed by using the HTML code tag object. When OA looks at the HTML code on that page it sees the object tag and presents you with the ActiveX warning regardless of the browser you are using.

 

not to get OT but what exactly is an activex control and is there a more specific defintion for the activex used at windows updates or kav online scanner?

 

ActiveX controls are plugins and those that have been downloaded by a user can be found in the Downloaded Program Files folder....which is where you would find Windows update or KAV's online scanner ActiveX Control if you have installed those. That's also where you would find Windows Media Player, Macromedia Shockwave, RealNetworks RealPlayer and also any Malware type ActiveX controls.

Introduction to ActiveX Controls