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Make your Internet Explorer more safe

March 11th, 2009
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Internet explorer is more open to vulnerabilities and the hackers being busy in finding loopholes to attack the computers. It is because IE is the most popular browser and vastly used. Below are some tips through which one can save his or her machine from hackers.

Disabling  install on demand

Procedure:

  1. Close all applications running on computer.
  2. Go to Start – Settings – Control Panel and double click the “Internet Options” icon. The “Internet Properties” dialog box should appear.
  3. Click on the “Advanced” tab. 
  4. Under “Browsing”, about nine items down, uncheck the box “Enable install on demand (Internet Explorer)” and uncheck “Enable install on demand (Other)”.
  5. Click “OK” to exit and save the changes.
  6. Now you are safe.

Prompt your browser to run ActiveX, Java, and plugins

This will help you to prevent malware or intrusion.

  1. In browser menu click tool and select internet options.
  2. Click on the the Security Tab.
  3. Make sure the Internet Zone is selected and click on the “Custom Level” button.
  4. Set your Active X controls and plugins section prompt disable and disable.

 

  • Download signed ActiveX controls – Prompt
  • Download unsigned ActiveX controls – Disable
  • Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe – Disable
  • Run ActiveX controls and plugins – Prompt 
    • The above will make your IE much safer than before but you must install additional security softwares to protect it completely.


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