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| Thread ID: 8472 | 2001-03-28 23:16:00 | Software that installs itself invisibly online | Guest (0) | Press F1 |
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| 10592 | 2001-03-28 23:16:00 | One time last year I tried to play an .avi file online. Nothing happened for about a minute and then a message popped up saying 'You must restart you computer for new settings to take effect'. Then today I visited a Website (http://www.ocean.aust.com/) and it took a long time for the page to load. Before the page was displayed I got the same message. I know it was something on the page that changed my settings because when I pressed <ctrl-n> to open a new page the message popped up a second time. What I want to know is, how am I to know what changes have just been made to my computer, and how could I stop it from taking effect the next time I restart should I want to? What can I do to protect myself from such invisible activity? I have Norton Antivirus 5.0 (with latest definitions) running in the background and Zone Alarm. Upon looking at the security settings for Internet Explorer (5.1) I notice that most things are enabled but I don't understand many of the options. This situation makes me feel uneasy. One thought: perhaps the magazine can run an artical on understanding the security settings in Internet Explorer. |
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| 10593 | 2001-03-30 23:13:00 | ...the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base will assist in understanding the Security Settings in Internet Explorer: support.microsoft.com |
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