Internet Explorer - Quick & Easy Method to improve security
Posted
Wednesday, December 29, 2004 2:02 PM
by
hwaldron
There are many ways to improve IE security and I found a few links. I've shared some advice previously, but probably your easiest way of hardening security is:
TOOLS ... INTERNET OPTIONS ... SECURITY ... INTERNET ZONE ... CUSTOM LEVEL
Then change signed ACTIVE X settings from AUTOMATIC to PROMPT (that change alone gets protected from hijackers, dialers, CWS, etc). All my settings here are PROMPT or DISABLED.
I stay on MEDIUM settings but you can try HIGH as well (you want to balance things so that IE doesn't become "promptware" but saves you from a highjacking or Cool World Search variant).
I don't go overboard in ramping up IE security, as I mitigate the risk with Firefox and Opera. Finally "don't leave home with your Firewall, AV protection, and best practices"
SOME OTHER RELATED LINKS
http://www.google.com/search?q=internet+explorer+security
http://acd.ucar.edu/~fredrick/win2k/active_scripting/
http://www.jmu.edu/computing/info-security/engineering/issues/ie.shtml
http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/tutorials/ht/ht020203.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/security/default.mspx