[Ham-Computers] RE: ActiveX popup box problem.

[Hsu, Aaron (NBC Universal)]

Might I suggest an alternative?

* Use Firefox instead of IE - Firefox by itself can't run ActiveX scripts

* Install the "NoScript" Firefox add-on.  This prevents Javascript's from running until you allow them to.  Most ads are actually Javascripts that fetch ads from other servers.

* Install the "IE Tab" add-on.  This switches Firefox's rendering engine to IE so IE-centric web pages can be viewed.  Because "IE Tab" uses the IE engine, it uses the IE options settings, cache, and cookie locations (not Firefox's).  This also makes it as vulnerable as IE.  Keep this in mind when using "IE Tab"

IMDB works great in Firefox - have never encountered any pop-ups with NoScript running.  For reference, I also use AdBlock Plus, but this now plays second fiddle to NoScript as the scripts that show the ads are blocked - I could probably remove it altogether.

73,

  - Aaron, NN6O



-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:58 AM
Subject: [Ham-Computers] ActiveX popup box problem.

I am using WIndows 98SE.  I turned off ActiveX for added security.

When I go to a webpage that uses ActiveX, ActiveX pops up a box that tells
me...  Guess what??  That ActiveX is turned off!  One example is IMDB, the
Internet Movie Database.  Man, MANY, of their little ads boxes and other
garbage use ActiveX so they just pile up on top of each other like the worst
popup Hell.  Worse part is, the whole page stops until you click OK!  I know
it's off, I went out of my way to turn it off, I don't need everything to
lock up telling me to verify what I went out of my way to do.

This has plagued me for quite some time and I am reaching my limit with such
superfluous garbage.

Exactly HOW can I turn off or remove this warning box so that the pages I go
to load without stalling on somehting I couldn't care less about???

Kurt