Microsoft® Windows® XP Networking and Security Inside Out: Also Covers Windows 2000

Chapter 12. Making Internet Explorer More Secure

When Web Pages Go Bad 388

Following Safe Browsing Practices 389

Using Security Zones 405

Managing Browser Add-Ons 423

Managing ActiveX Controls 425

Managing Java Applets 430

If you subscribe to one or more security notification services (a practice we strongly encourage; see Receiving E-Mail Alerts and RSS Notification), you will almost certainly be alarmed by the steady stream of messages announcing newly discovered security holes in Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you're a casual Microsoft Windows user who reads these bulletins carefully, you might decide, quite logically, that most of the vulnerabilities described occur only under improbable circumstances and will not affect you if you observe reasonably ...