Microsoft Starts Blocking Old ActiveX Plugins

Good bye, ActiveX.

In an effort to improve the overall browser security and reduce user frustration, the software giant has announced that it will start blocking outdated ActiveX controls starting August 12, 2014.

According to Microsoft, “Java exploits represented 84.6% to 98.5% of exploit kit-related detections each month in 2013” and “to help avoid this situation with ActiveX controls, an update to Internet Explorer on August 12, 2014 will introduce a new security feature, called out-of-date ActiveX control blocking.”

The following feature will come to all Windows 7-8 machines that are running Internet Explorer 8 or newer.