[garyhope]

Are all Active X controls bad? I just downloaded one from MS for my MSN Money forum for the stock charts.

[John Lenin]

They are used by hackers to take control of your PC. Some malicious web sites take advantage of active-x.Just make sure you keep your system up to date with the latest patches and don't use MS email programs. I use Firefox as an internet browser and only use MS Explorer when a site I trust won't load properly.