# How can I turn off the activeX warnings on Internet Explorer

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 2, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-turn-off-the-activex-warnings-on-internet-explorer/272606 "2004-11-02T20:44:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-turn-off-the-activex-warnings-on-internet-explorer/272606/1 "2004-11-02T20:44:01Z")

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I disabled all my activeX functions in the security section of my internet explorer options to prevent spyware. Now whenever I read the news on yahoonews I always get a message saying something like ‘your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page, as a result this page may not display correctly’. How do I turn off this message so I won’t get it again, it happens everytime I open a new window in yahoo news.