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Preventing Spyware by Locking Down Your Browser |
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Written by Glen Barnhardt
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Leaving your browser (Intenet Exployer) set to the default settings will allow websites to put spyware and browser hi-jacks on your computer via cookies. When your computer becomes filled with popups and slows to a halt, it is usually spyware at....
Preventing Spyware by Locking Down Your Browser
by: Glen Barnhardt
Leaving your browser (Intenet Exployer) set to the default settings will allow websites to put spyware and browser hi-jacks on your computer via cookies.
When your computer becomes filled with popups and slows to a halt, it is usually spyware at the backend causing your problem.
One way to eliminate this is to lock down your browser. Since most people use Internet exployer we are going to tell you how to lock down and maintain your locked down Internet Exployer. Other web browsers will have similar options that you can set.
What most people don't know is that most websites do not have to send you cookies for the site to work and display perfectly. However many sites send things in cookies that create spyware and browser hi-jacks on your computer without you knowing.
To prevent this you need to set your privacy level to high. To do that you must go to Internet Exployer menu bar and select Tools -
Now your browser is locked down.
If you go to a site that requires cookies you can enable them individually for websites you trust (ie: your bank). You can usually tell when you on a site that requires cookies because it will sometimes tell you or when you submit a form it simply will not work. No this is sometimes a bit of a pain but it is well worth it if you keep spyware and viruses off your system.
To do that on the same page where you adjusted your privacy is a button that says sites. Click on Sites and type in the URL of the website (ie: www.wachovia.com) then click on the allow button.
Well thats if for now coming soon my favorite spyware tools. Best of all they are FREE.
Note: Locking down your browser will not take off the spyware or fix any current problems. Stay tuned and I will show you how to fix that also.
About The Author
Glen Barnhardt has 25 years of experience in the computer industry programing, diagnosing and repairing computers.
For more information on removing viruses, spyware, malware or preventing attacts from hackers you can visit his site at: http://www.computercrashhelp.com.
This article was posted on April 07, 2005
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