Why have ActiveX Killbits been removed from Internet Explorer Cumulative updates?
In past security webcasts you indicated that killbits would be included in future Internet Explorer Cumulative updates. These additional patches require additional admin overhead to test and deploy. A: ActiveX Killbits are not a specific update for Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer, along with other Microsoft products, honors the list which blocks loading ActiveX controls – both from Microsoft and 3rd parties. By splitting out the ActiveX Killbits, it allows Microsoft to release updates quickly as they require less testing than source code changes which would be required if part of the Cumulative Security update for Internet Explorer. Q: Microsoft Security Advisory 971888 is still not published (24 hours after advisory release) on the KB at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957579. Please fix this ASAP, and ensure future Bulletins and Advisories related KB articles are also available at the same time of (or earlier) than release. A: The advisory was released at the following location:
