.. Disable
Miscellaneous??? Drag and drop or copy and paste files Enable
Miscellaneous??? Include Local directory path when uploading files to a server Disable (!)
Miscellaneous??? Installation of desktop items Disable (!)
Miscellaneous??? Launching applications and unsafe files Disable (!)
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Networking and
Internet
Click OK when you??™re done changing security settings. Next, click the
Trusted sites (green checkmark) icon, click the Sites button, and turn off
the Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone option. Type
the following URLs into the Add this Web site to the zone field, clicking the
Add button after each one:
http://*.update.microsoft.com
https://*.update.microsoft.com
http://*.windowsupdate.com
http://*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
These four URLs permit the Windows Update feature to continue working
unencumbered by your new security settings. The asterisks are wildcards
allowing these rules to apply to variants, such as http://download.
windowsupdate.com. Feel free to add the domains for other web sites you
trust, and then click OK when you??™re done.
Now that you see what??™s required to make Internet Explorer safer (albeit not
bulletproof), you might be tempted to dump IE entirely in favor of a design
that doesn??™t put your PC at risk. Mozilla Firefox, available for free from http://
www.mozilla.com/, is an open source, standards-compliant web browser
that is faster, much safer, and more feature-rich than Internet Explorer.
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