(active x) sometimes when I try to watch videos online It says?

Question

I roam alot of sites looking for good martial arts vids and sometimes the vids will appear in a new window have this blue box with the text under it to the gist of "your comp is missing an active x component click here to download it" However Im not very trusting of random sites so I wanted to know if anyone knows the component that its refering to (as it happens often so Im assuming alot of videos use it) and where a safe site I could download it from is. Or if this is just a virus installation ploy

Answer 1

We'll need to know what the Active X control is called to help you with your question.

I typically avoid installing these unless absolutely necessary.