PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
You didn't answer my question.

Typically, I use Spybot when on-line. However, to check the system after the
first failure, I used a number of anti-virus applications that I keep
on-hand and up-to-date. None reported any problems, and all subsequent
attempts to install ActiveX were done off-line with no active anti-virus
software.

Hope that helps.

Neil


Neil Gould wrote:
Hi,

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
And you anti-virus application is...?

Of course, I did thoroughly check my system for viruses after the
"update" first failed about a week ago. The system is clean.

Also, I have several versions of Flash & ActiveX off-line
installers, and they now all fail with the same error (an OSX file
fails to register, the actual file depends on the version), even
when anti-virus is disabled. I was
able to install them as needed before without problems.

Neil