http://www.pcworld.com/article/149759/arti...ml?tk=nl_dnxnwsMicrosoft Snuffs Out Third-Party ActiveX ControlsStomps buggy HP, Aurigma controls with 'kill bit' update.
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Aug 13, 2008 1:45 pm
Microsoft Corp. today issued "kill bit" updates for ActiveX controls from HP and a Washington state developer, the third time it's disabled third-party add-ons in the last four months.
One security researcher linked the release to a new program Microsoft announced last week that's designed to help other vendors find and fix bugs in their own software.
Nice of them to tell us what it does after we install it, eh?