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HELP ME PLEASE

by gwingee Sep 6, 2005 2:25PM PDT

All of a usdden my NORTON keeps giving me pop ups..when I come here ...active x...and when I go to other websites...how do I adjust it so it will STOP with the this site has ACTIVE X..do I want to block or permit once..even when I click permit once.lt keeps popping up till i click the block ...ahhhh
I am wondering if I should just uninstall and get the Mcafee instead...except I just downloaded the Firefox
and I read here that Mcafee is not compatible??

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In Firefox
by PudgyOne Sep 6, 2005 7:16PM PDT
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Gwingee, About The CNET ActiveX Warnings..
by Grif Thomas Forum moderator Sep 7, 2005 12:23AM PDT

Generally, it occurs with Internet Explorer if you've got the security settings adjusted so a "prompt" warning is displayed every time ActiveX is engaged. Still, there should be a setting in Norton that stops the ActiveX warnings. You'll just need to look.

Because Firefox doesn't run ActiveX, you shouldn't have a problem when using Firefox.

Also, McAfee and Firefox work fine together. They aren't incompatible...It's just that the automatic updater in McAfee's newest online versions works better when Internet Explorer is the default browser. Besides, there IS a free plugin available which should allow Firefox to work when set up as the default browser.

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