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From Rheta===
Dear Webby:
Just curious about something. and wanted your advice about
it....have you heard anything about Microsoft's active x
having a Trojan in it? i got it from ZD Nets must read. i will
forward it to you . just letting you know i was forwarding
it to you.
Think you  for all your work and info. and help. i read your site
every Day.
A friend Rheta

Dear Rheta
ActiveX is a format.
That format is used for a lot of good stuff,
but it is also abused quite a lot.

You can disable the use of that format in MSIE,
TOOLS, Internet Options, Advanced.

Make a note of which things you change, so that you can
change them back if you changed too many things at the
same time and get weird results.

It's usually quite safe to change things from ENABLE to
PROMPT. That way you are asked to authorize stuff
instead of it executing without your knowledge.

Have FUN
Dear Webby