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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2006
William D. Nix, Austin, TX (US);
Mark K. Anderson, Austin, TX (US);
Gary D. Huber, Austin, TX (US);
James M. Totton, Kirkland, WA (US);
William D. Nix, Austin, TX (US);
Mark K. Anderson, Austin, TX (US);
Gary D. Huber, Austin, TX (US);
James M. Totton, Kirkland, WA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method is disclosed that allows ActiveX functionality to be conditionally invoked by a non-ActiveX-enabled browser, such as those based on Mozilla technology, through the implementation of user-defined controls to mitigate system security vulnerability. ActiveX controls can be identified from within a Mozilla-based browser and the user can be presented with a choice of actions instead of ActiveX controls being automatically downloaded and activated by a browser extension such as E View. By referencing one or more user-definable lists containing domains, URLs, and ActiveX controls along with their respective attributes the method of the invention allows a user to specify the preferred behavior of a non-IE browser when attempting to render Web pages containing ActiveX controls.