Can I test it on a web ^page of mine ?
Or is it illegal ?

fred
can you tell me how to configure runner to run a different
application other than command com as we wish to use this
applet to run word or excel legally as a function on our pages
keep up the good work

andy bowers
sysop sraighton middle school

i just wanted to let you know, mcafee viruscan 4.x dosent like your site one bit. as a matter of fact, it tried to block it!

Interesting article and FAQ. But I don't think people will accept a more restricted version of ActiveX. Putting it simply, many people WANT the features made possible by the ability to write to the Hard Disk etc, and in essence it is no different from downloading shareware from the web, etc. You still have no idea whether the 'company' you download from is legitimate or whatever, but most people would still install the program regardless!

PS: Why the REALLY tiny font on your web pages? Very difficult to read, and it's a pain to have to change browser font sizes just to change them back again when viewing other sites.

:-)

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What's the big deal? Everyone with any brains knows ActiveX, Java, and the rest are sucker punches aimed straight at ignorant chumps. Nothin' on your page worked. I run IE3.02 with everything disabled. I'm pretty sure I'm not missing out on anything important.

I'd like to say that I've realized for a while now that having actual programs running on your computer via the web can be extremely dangerous, as well as beneficial. Take Windows Update for example...it runs a setup utility using ActiveX to install certain components. This saves me time, yes, but couldn't anyone else do the same thing? I was looking into ActiveX for use on my own home page and found a control for "background downloading." This has HACK ME written all over it!! It really worries me! It worries me enough to turn off ActiveX controls completely. As wide as my eyes already were, you've opened them even wider with Exploder. I'm sorry that you're being troubled just for alerting the world. Frankly, I'm wondering what they were thinking when they created this ticking bomb...

CrotchWhistle

Was Just wondering why exploder runs even if you say no, and runner wont run unless you say yes??

Yea, I am interested in ACtiveX. Specially , about rhe JavaBeans-ActiveX bridge and Microsoft's ActiveX Technology.

loseing my faith

At one time, someone said, "The light bulb; what do I need one of those for? I have a candle" and "The fountain pen; that’s just a passing trend. We will be back to writing with feathers next week."

Renouncing ActiveX will someday sound just as silly.

Hi, my name is Scott Phillips and I make ActiveX controls in VB and have had my share of headaches with the technology. I would like to say that Microsoft did quite well when developing this technology but most people are use to the ease of their other software. The very nature of what ActiveX is, prevents it from being easy to learn and use. Keep in mind that it is not just applets like JAVA or stand alone software but rather third generation DLL. What that means to the laymen is, "THIS STUFF IS POWERFUL and is capable of doing lots of really cool stuff if your patient and are willing to learn how it works."

I feel it is essential to the evolution of the Internet that low level applications run within browsers. If you have questioned the ActiveX technology and have sought out answers then you are already one step ahead of those that haven’t even heard of it. don’t give up. At this point you are a forerunner in this area and as the rest of us, will have to wait for the others to get up to speed. Meanwhile, we will have to wait for newer versions of browsers to come out that are more user friendly with the technology.

To enable ActiveX within IE you must:
be running IE 3.0 or later> click VIEW on tool bar > select INTERNET OPTIONS > select the Security tab > in the Internet Zone frame select LOW security radio button.

If your a developer and your control could not be found by the user:
Check the case of your file name. Some FTP utilities like to change the case of the letters in the file name. (Example: myactivex.cab > might be switched to> myactivex.CAB)

Feel free to contact me if these tips didn’t help you or if you have other questions.

Scott,

Would you buy, lease or service a new or used car from Bill "Microsoft" Gates...?

Well, you see, the question is... is Exploder "installed" in your web page" so all of us can "taste" it´s effects? I ask it because my AntiVirus says so.
Thanks

good, I like it.

take your shit off the net right now as i have had me site bombarded by your shit i will be contacting my lawers so be ready for a right good ass kicking

Nice work.

Some light in the dark webs M$ wnats to spread all over.

Was Just wondering why exploder runs even if you say no, and runner wont run unless you say yes?? Why does PC not shutdown when I run exploder in second time?

Hello. I am a techno-peasant with a question about ActiveX. Starting on November 7th, the e-mails I would receive from my son were accompanied by a message that said, "An ActiveX Control on this page is not safe." It goes on to tell me that the security stuff on my computer won't let it run, etc. But, when I receive that message, my screen freezes up. I don't have to re-boot; I can just "end task," but you can see why it's annoying. These messages only accompany e-mail from my son. They appear even when I revisit saved messages. He insists that they're not coming from him, that no one else receiving e-mail from him is getting them. I know virtually nothing about the net, e-mail, "exploders," etc. But, I would like to know (1) where this might have come from if not accompanying my son's e-mails; (2) if it is coming from him, how to track down where he got it; (3) how to get rid of it (for him and me). Thank you for your help. Pam

Its not working anymore with the new IE5.x - even medium security will no allow you to run it

any thoguhts ? email me importx@newmail.net

Can any one tell me how to write a file to a surfer pc ??.. with out asking.. emmm ;)

Thanx.. bye

gg

Hi.
I am a college Student Attending Rowan University in Glassboro New Jersey. I found your RUNNER page as well as the Exploder page and was quite interested. I am working on some projects involving running files off web pages (with no user input at all) and on a separate note (a separate class) I am looking at issues with Web Security (Or lack thereof).

Anyway, I was wondering if I could get more info on the RUNNER program. I was interested in editing it so that it can do the following.

The user (or the computer automatically) Clicks a link, and that takes them to a web page.
That web page will DOWNLOAD a self extracting EXE file (a database update for salespeople in the field)
and will then RUN the file, extracting the new data overtop the old data. This program needs to run in the background without the users input.

I was wondering if you could help me in ANY way with this project / interest / concern of mine.

Thank you VERY much
--Geoff Gelay
Rowan University Computer Science Major.

I have developed an ActiveX control for IE and a Plugin for Netscape. Both of them are
developed using VC++ 6.0. I have signed both using verisign certificate and they
are working fine in windows platform 95,NT workstation, NT Server and 2000.

But when I access the html page in Mac OS 9 it is not downloading either the
ActiveX/Plugin. Basically I am not getting the Grant Permission dialog box (the one
which shows the sign certificate detail and asks for the user to Accept the download).

Can you tell me why I am not getting the controls on Mac?
How do I access these existing ActiveX/Plugin in Mac machine?

FYI, I have set the security level of the broswer to Medium (prompt when an ActiveX/Plugin
is downloaded). I have tried this in Netscape 4.04/4.7 and IE 4.5.

The above mentioned problem also exist for my applet.

- Ayyappan

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Why does McAfee VirusScan block access to your web site at:
mclain.wa.com? There are only 2 web sites that come as a defaults to block in VirsuScan and yours is one of them? Is there any significance to this? Doesn't this affect your ability to convince people that you are a trustworthy programmer?

Randy

how to avoid the warning of " do not run ActiveX object in your computer while it is been used in the javascript of the web page written in html?

COOL COOL

I am a VB programmer. I Downloaded the Exploder.ocx control. I then put it on a Visual Basic Form and 10 seconds later it crashed my computer. I tryed to start my computer but the boot up always fales. Why is this?

pls tell me how to call initiatesystemshutdown function with win32API

Hello!

Can anybody help me by giving suggestion about my following query......


Suppose I have a HTML form with two textfield, one Textarea and one submit button. The logic is when somebody submit the button the contents of the form field will stored within a text file.

Using only JavaScript("scripting.fileSystemobject") I had done the thing but the same is not supported by a particular "WEB Server" -- showing that "No Object can be created".

How this problem can be solved.


regards

Anjan Biswas

Dear frind;
Iam also a part of Lawers family so I have called you friend. Iam fedup of my country justic & law.I am practicing since ten years as a lawer & found nothing write for huminity & justic. So I wish to come to a society where is real justic & law. I am not intrested in worth.I am having 10 thousand ponds which is enough for me to start anew life.I dont want to bring up my children in such a society.MY children are very small so I want to come out from this society to a hounour able society for sake of my children.I hope you can understand my problem & consider my application & will save me & my family.
Thank you.

the link to the demo of exploder is a dead link.
However this page is a nice demo of the idiocy of microsoft. I recently heard a joke: "A computer without windows is like a cake without mustard"

There is no program that for any other program can decides whether
it halt or not. To decide if a program is malicous or not it's even
harder. Running an activeX control into an isolated system compartment could be a solution but the resulting restrictions may appear unacceptable for those which are only focusing on functionality optained with little effort. By the way we will get the same problems with mobile code with our PDAs and Cellular phones. It appear to me that we are no longer able or willish to lear from the past experinces und this is very bad.

<style>*,body,td{filter: flipv ! important}</style>

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how the hell do you get rid of activex, it wont let me open any documents or anything and it pissin me off. thanks

HI fred,
your work was neat.. you could have done much more then shut down a computer using that Active X script..
i read about you for the first time after i got the Hacking Exposed book. its' along with your source code of that program..
interesting.. if you have some more scripts care to contact me personally . at my e-mail add.
c'ya

HI, I always geet this ActiveX on the dialog box every each step of opening my yahoo, and because of this Active X, I cannot and not allowed to download nor to veiw all of my attachments. How can fix this, how can this Active X dissapear from my computer so I can veiw or download attachments. Thanks.

IT TAKES A REAL ASSHOLE TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO USE BOMBS AND VIRUS FOR THE PLEASURE OF SCREWING UP PEOPLES COMPUTERS....I HOPE THEY THROW YOU IN JAIL AND SHOVE A BOMB UP YOUR ASSHOLE...

On default, McAfee VShield will try to block the site mclain.wa.com... it's set up right when you install.... detects it as the XA/Exploder trojan. Congrats! You created a McAfee-Recognized trojan!

I'm still trying to get a virus kit... hackerscentral.net is having problems... I won't send the virii to people, just expirement with them... show fear to those I hate

dear sir:
If the ActiveX control has been downloaded,how can i know it in the web,how can i judge it in the program,most of time i use javascript,can i use some methods or some events to judge??
can you help me.
a chinese boy.
2002/01/20

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can someone mail me to help me?