Internet Explorer has blocked a popup from this web site

Tried to access web pages on a local, public, town government web site. The site has been created with an illegal requirement that before the public, government information can be viewed, the citizen is required to download an unidentified Active X control which could allow remote access to the user's computer. I want to identify the Active X control or "pop-up" that I am required to "allow" before the page can be viewed. How do I do this? The Web site is not a secure or trusted web site. Yet that is the only web site by which I can access the proceedings of my town government. How do I identify the program or Active X control that the web site is requiring me to download? All I get is the message, "Internet Explorer has blocked a pop-up from this web site." I do not have this problem on any other web site.

I tried to get help on this from PC Safety/Security Essentials/Answer Desk. They will not assist. I was on the phone with them so long, with no answer to a very specific, simple question that I was delayed in calling Windows Dept.

I tried to get help from the Windows Customer Svc. Desk at 8:58PM on 01/04/12 PST. I could clearly hear someone answer the phone. I could hear him talking and joking with other employees, but he refused to answer the call. He was simply picking up the phone, then waiting for two minutes to pass after which their department would close.

Again, the question is very specific. How to identify whatever control is required to view the government web site. It is illegal as a matter of law for any public government web site to require a citizen to provide personal information as a prerequisite to viewing the government's PUBLIC business, such as, how did the government spend my tax dollars?, who was elected to government office, what is the financial status of my sewer department's operations?

The Microsoft information tells me this:

Use ActiveX Filtering to block ActiveX controls

ActiveX controls and web browser add-ons are small programs that allow websites to provide content such as videos. They can also be used to collect information from your computer, damage information on your computer, install software on your computer without your consent, or allow someone else to control your computer remotely.

ActiveX Filtering prevents websites from installing and using these programs.

What good is this feature if I cannot identify what it is the Web site is attempting to do by forcing me to allow a pop-up which I am unable to identify? How do I identify what it is before I allow it?

The Web site in question oceanocsd.org has serious security issues and yet, it is the only way to view the government business of the town. Again, it is illegal for them to access my personal computer or require any kind of indentification in order to see if my local government officials are doing their job. This is the law under the California Public Record Act, the Ralph M. Brown Act, the Bageley-Keene Act, and the state and federal constitutional law of the First Amendment.

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