ActiveX from Microsoft is a Threat to Windows Vista

In Microsoft’s yearly security intelligence report, 5 of the top 10 browser attacks were due to Windows XP. Unlike in Windows Vista, none of the attacks are because of the operating system.

Most of the attacks in Vista are due to ActiveX controls found in Internet explorer. ActiveX controls are used by IE add-ons and users are asked to install the ActiveX control for the add-on to work.

I think whether these attacks were due to Windows Vista itself or ActiveX; Vista still has something to do with it. Given that XP attacks were due to its own self and not ActiveX, only means that Microsoft can make Vista secure enough for ActiveX control based attacks. In part, Vista is still the culprit of it.

Source of article here.