Re: Internet Explore Security

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 11/14/04 

Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 20:12:08 -0800

kason wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thankyou for the valuable response. Really appreciate it.
>
> Ok..Maybe the banking website example doesn't seem to help to
> understand the situation.
>
> When I start (click) Internet explorer for the first time it displays
> is in Internet Zone with Yahoo search engine. When I go to
> www.microsoft.com website it displays that I am in the Intranet
> Zone.From that point , the Zone
> indicator would display that I am in a Intranet Zone no matter what
> website I go to.: Once I switch to Intranet Zone it won't switch back
> Internet Zone.

I'm not sure why this would happen. What is your network setup? Is this
a home computer or are you on a school or corporate network?
>
> 1. I am using Mcafee Antispyware and Webroot Spysweeper and doing
> thorough scans every day.No new spywares were found lately. I also
> have scanned with Spybot S&D ,Adware and all the antispyware you have
> specified . They didn't find any additional spywares.
> 2.Scanned in safe mode as well- no change in results.by the way, I can
> remember some MVP said something like scanning in safe mode is not
> effective since less amount of files would be available in safe mode
> so that It cant be
> considered as a thorough scan. What is your opinion? Since I have
> good antispyware utilities, Do you think spyware is the real problem
> forme?

I'm not sure where you heard that scanning in Safe Mode was a bad idea,
but I doubt that an MVP would say that. Safe Mode loads the operating
system with a minimum of drivers and processes. You cannot delete a
file that is in use and most malware will not be running in Safe Mode.
This is why you usually can't delete trojans and other malware in
Regular Mode - the bad stuff is running. You always want to do
troubleshooting virus and malware scans in Safe Mode.

>
> 3. My System Restore is always off and I am always upto date with
> Windows update.Norton Internet Security is always on.
>
> 4. Some default settings in the advanced tab of Internet options are
> disabled. Would they contribute to my problem.

Did you disable them? What settings?

>
> 5. I am only worrying because the the default setting level for
> Internet and
> Local Intranet is slightly different but might make big difference
> when it comes to security. IS THIS ACTUALLY CRITICAL PROBLEM?

Security is generally more lax in the Intranet zone because it is
assumed that your intranet (lan or corporate wan) is secure and
trusted. I wouldn't run around screaming that the sky is falling, but
you should probably look into this. Again, it does matter if you are on
a school or corporate network or are using a proxy server, so please
describe your setup.

Malke 

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MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
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