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Eliminates Active X code that could let in malware
Acer has posted a utility that eliminates an Active X control in its notebooks that can enable a web page to launch a rogue program.
The patch, available here, first check that the offending file, LunchApp.ocx , exists in the C:\Windows\System directory and then deletes it and removes references to it from the system registry.
An Acer statement said the control is not present in systems running Vista.
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