Microsoft's component software, which is based on COM objects. ActiveX technologies are based on COM; however, in the past, ActiveX has also been used as an umbrella term for COM objects. See COM.

Microsoft plans to add ActiveX blocking capabilities into certain versions of its Internet Explorer browsers on Aug. 12. However, the actual blocking effect will only start to take effect for Oracle ...

ActiveX vulnerabilities have posed a security challenge for some time, and they're likely to be a challenge for quite some time to come. Look at examples such as Microsoft's patches this summer, which ...