Last week I explained how to disable Java in Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox. Unfortunately, the instructions for disabling Java in IE don’t do the job.

An update to Internet Explorer, for installation on PCs running Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or Windows 8.x, will introduce a new security feature called out-of-date ActiveX control blocking.

Microsoft announced yesterday that it will soon roll out an Internet Explorer update that will automatically block old, insecure ActiveX controls. Dubbed out-of-date ActiveX control blocking, the ...