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Why is Internet Excplorer registering ActiveX components only after you browse?

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c627627

c(n*199780) Senior Member
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Feb 18, 2002
I am a Firefox user and have a question about how Internet Explorer works.
Only after you start using IE, only then does it start registering multiple different ActiveX controls. I decided to start tracking them down after a fresh reimage of my Windows 8. As you can see the first screen shot is of the first ActiveX control attempting to register itself after I simply went to CBS News web site and nowhere else. This is normal behavior apparently but isn't there a way to register these components before starting to browse, thereby eliminating doubt that malware is attempting to install itself by the site you are visiting!?

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I also just discovered the reason Internet Explorer phones home out of the box even if you open a Blank Page:
 

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