What is ActiveX, is it good or bad?

What is your current security settings prohibit running activeX?

• A thing keeps poping up saying "Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page." what do i do to get rid of it, its really pissing me off

• Answer:

  Hello, it seems that you are using Internet Explorer as the web browser. A control using ActiveX technologies. An ActiveX control can be automatically downloaded and executed by a Web browser.ActiveX is not a programming language, but rather a set of rules for how applications should share information. Programmers can develop ActiveX controls in a variety of languages, including C, C++, Visual Basic, and Java. An ActiveX control is similar to a Java applet. Unlike Java applets, however, ActiveX controls have full access to the Windows operating system. This gives them much more power than Java applets, but with this power comes a certain risk that the applet may damage software or data on your machine. To control this risk, Microsoft developed a registration system so that browsers can identify and authenticate an ActiveX control before downloading it. Another difference between Java applets and ActiveX controls is that Java applets can be written to run on all platforms, whereas ActiveX controls are currently limited to Windows environments. Are you getting the pop up on every webpage you visit or just few specific ones? Do you get that pop up when you try to download something or randomly? Active X pop up can be disabled forever but that leave your computer at risk always. So we always have to be careful when clicking Yes whenever prompted for the same. Please make sure that you are aware of the website you click Yes for.