Activex And Spyware Blocking Info And ?'s

[Powerhouse]

Currently I have used the hosts file from...

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Which blocks tons of ads/banners, as well as getting hijacked from the many parasites that exist on the Internet. You can place the hosts file under $OEM$\$$\System32\drivers\etc to get it to work for all users.

Recently, I also found info about ActiveX Spyware and Adware crap, and got a good registry fix for this from...

http://www.spywareguide.com/blockfile.php

My question involves the ActiveX registry fix. Anyone know what exactly these registry settings do? I know from the site that it blocks "Bad" ActiveX controls, but I have never seen a list before with information regarding Bad ActiveX controls vs. good ones.

I guess basically, I'm asking if this is worth putting on my Unattended CD, since I'm not really sure what these so called "Bad" ActiveX controls really do.

Opinions?

Info?

Questions?

Any thoughts on the above?

[Martin Zugec]

It is setting "killbit" to ActiveX - killbit means the activex will be blocked. Using Host file or Restricted Sites you are blocking downloads from pages, using killbits you are blocking products, so they can cooperate quite easily