Saturday, March 8th, 2008
A new preview version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, with tabbed browsing, an integrated search box, and RSS support--all features long taken for granted by Firefox users--is now available. The Beta 2 preview of version 7 also sports a much more compact and streamlined interface than that of the current IE, ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
In the last newsletter, I suggested creating a limited user account on your computer and using that to surf the internet. As a limited user, it becomes very difficult for malware to attack the browser and install itself. As it turns out, there is an even simpler way to do ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Microsoft has revealed some of the security changes to the upcoming Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Vista--changes that could cause trouble for some Web sites.
One key change is that Explorer will disable SSLv2, an older version of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. SSL is used to carry out ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Unfortunately, ActiveX controls are ideal tools for those who would attack your computer. Over the years, Internet Explorer has been their favored vehicle. It was built to take advantage of ActiveX controls.
These controls pose a serious security threat that outweighs their benefits. So it's important to take steps to protect ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
If you use an alternative browser--Firefox, Opera, Mozilla, or anything not named Internet Explorer--you may be feeling pretty smug these days. Every time you hear about another patch for IE or about another way hackers use that browser to attack unsuspecting Web users, you think to yourself, "I don't have ...
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