http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/01/17/staying-safe-online-in-the-new-year.aspxThe bad guys didn’t take a holiday vacation: Internet Explorer’s SmartScreen service blocked nearly 2 million malware downloads per day on average from mid-December through New Year’s. December 25 saw a 30% spike in malware blocks— successfully preventingen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/01/17/staying-safe-online-in-the-new-year.aspx#10257940Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:55:43 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10257940Klimax<p>Arieta &nbsp;Wednesday, January 18, 2012 6:34 AM:</p> <p>That&#39;s COM. On the other hand it takes care of compatibility problems by keeping interface, while implementation can change, so plugins work even on new version. (Maybe not very fast, but work...) Same thing as DirectX or ShellExtensions.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10257940" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/01/17/staying-safe-online-in-the-new-year.aspx#10257918Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:34:17 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10257918Arieta<p>ActiveX hasn&#39;t been a security problem for years. Not any more than how Firefox can install any toolbars that monitor user behavior and change search providers/homepage settings.</p> <p>Though on that note, it would be nice if IE finally had a real way for extending the browser functionality. The current way of requiring installers for every addon... it is not too user friendly.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10257918" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/01/17/staying-safe-online-in-the-new-year.aspx#10257890Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:33:41 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10257890Helen<p>Does this mean IE10 will finally drop all ActiveX support to improve IE user security?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10257890" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/01/17/staying-safe-online-in-the-new-year.aspx#10257818Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:23:50 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10257818N. Sun<p>Great job IE team for building such a safe browser! </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10257818" width="1" height="1">