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| I'm not sure |
If you're running Vista or Windows 7, ensure that you're running IE in protected mode, or even better -- choose a different browser. If you're still running XP and can't bring yourself to use Firefox or Chrome, you can lock down IE by setting the Internet and Local security zones to "High" or disabling ActiveX completely. You could also enable IE Network Protocol Lockdown, which requires editing the registry. Thankfully, Microsoft has created a "Fix it for me" link, available here, that does the dirty work for you. [From: Microsoft, via: Ars Technica]
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Subscribe to commentsMOGUL21571Feb 8th 2010 1:10PM
All in favor of microsoft renaming itself to "swisscheesesoft" for all the security holes in it -
cmonpeoplesFeb 9th 2010 5:33PM
Seriously, why are people still using Internet Explorer? That has to be the most annoying-to-use browser out there, not to mention the security flaws. Also, I'd avoid Chrome too - being owned by google, they permanently store a record of everything you ever did or saw with their browser. Stick to using something open source.