XP Service Pack 2 Navbar problems

[paurat]

Hey all.
Ive just got XP SP2 and noticed that all the sites that I design in Webstyle4 have the ActiveX bar pop up and say that 'malicious ActiveX has been blocked'.

I know that this feature can be turned off, but am a little worried that the standard user will not either be able to diable the feature, or be worried that my little navbar will cause their computer harm!!!

I notice that www.xara.com has a navbar at the top of the screen, and no warning is being displayed on my machine. Does anyone know if a 'fix' is being made, or if there is anyway around this problem!

Thanks,
Paul

[paurat]

Hey all.
Ive just got XP SP2 and noticed that all the sites that I design in Webstyle4 have the ActiveX bar pop up and say that 'malicious ActiveX has been blocked'.

I know that this feature can be turned off, but am a little worried that the standard user will not either be able to diable the feature, or be worried that my little navbar will cause their computer harm!!!

I notice that www.xara.com has a navbar at the top of the screen, and no warning is being displayed on my machine. Does anyone know if a 'fix' is being made, or if there is anyway around this problem!

Thanks,
Paul

[AntonyF]

Hi Paul,

You should get such an error if you're viewing the pages locally on your PC, but not on the web. Is this the case for you?

[paurat]

Thanks for the info. But why the errors when viewing locally only??

[GlennM]

that is due to the processes of security in XPSP2.
One of the most common problems with trojans and other forms of malware is to use a local file to initiate contact to a remote source. However, js is a commonly used language for web pages.
SP2 blocks local file access to js without user intervention, but not to the web. Although you can increase the security on a machine and have it block on the web as well.

Just one of those things that you have to expect from M$