DavidR
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Avant simply makes it easier to disable/enable active X (two mouse clicks) rather than having IE security settings at High with active X disabled.
There are many settings that make it much more flexible in changing your security settings than IE (for this reason alone, many people leave IE security settings at default levels), This makes it much easier to use, there is also a front end that differs from the IE core, this makes it IMHO more secure, even with it using the IE core.