Active X blocking delayed until September 9th
Details here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2014/08/06/internet-explorer-begins-blocking-out-of-date-activex-controls.aspx
Cite: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2014/08/07/stay-up-to-date-with-internet-explorer.aspx
Quote:
Beginning January 12, 2016, the following operating systems and browser version combinations will be supported:
Windows Platform
Internet Explorer Version
Windows Vista SP2
Internet Explorer 9
Windows Server 2008 SP2
Internet Explorer 9
Windows 7 SP1
Internet Explorer 11
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Internet Explorer 11
Windows 8.1
Internet Explorer 11
Windows Server 2012
Internet Explorer 10
Windows Server 2012 R2
Internet Explorer 11
After January 12, 2016, only the most […]
Worth a read: http://threatpost.com/millions-of-pcs-affected-by-mysterious-computrace-backdoor-2/107700
Coincidentally I’m dealing with a couple of laptops at the moment that seem to be impacted by this issue. There is almost constant network traffic to and from Absolute Software servers emanating from the laptops. I sat there and watched the live network traffic capture for 15 minutes and the traffic did not stop. […]