Re: Weird IE6 behaviors
From: cquirke (MVP Win9x) (cquirkenews_at_nospam.mvps.org)
Date: 04/21/04
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 01:52:37 +0200
On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:52:56 -0700, " Gino"
>I have WinXP Pro SP1 with Norton AV 2004 installed on a fresh system.
>No applications have been installed as of yet.
>Both the system and NAV have been updated with latest patches and updates.
>I assumed NAV was supposed to catch bad behavior while surfing the net.
It will catch some, and miss some.
>However upon surfing some websites, my system seems to behave as if there is
>a security hole which hasn't been patched.
>IE6 has been automatically getting the Homepage changed. Even when I choose
>a blank homepage, it changes when surfing some websites.
In addition to checking the detail for your security zones (custom),
you can also harden IE via some settings in Tools, Options, Advanced:
- DISable "install on demand" (both of them)
- DISable "third party enhancements" (i.e. BHOs)
Firewall on?
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Running Windows-based av to kill active malware is like striking
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