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Security Expert Recommends IE8 over Firefox, Chrome The generalized public perception seems to be that Internet Explorer 8 is not the best choice for security-concerned users, and that rival browsers do a better job at keeping users safe while online. Still, one security expert is running Internet Explorer 8, and notes that she sees no reason to jump to Firefox or to ...	8 July 2010 12:19 GMT

Microsoft Warns of New IE 0-Day Microsoft has warned customers running Internet Explorer that details on a new zero-day vulnerability have been made available in the wild. The company emphasized that it had not detected any attacks or exploits targeting the newly discovered security hole, and that it is hard at work on producing a patch. The compan...	4 February 2010 06:59 GMT

IE8 RC Protect Mode Disabled by Default Protect Mode is a feature that Internet Explorer 7 running on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 brought to the table working in conjunction with the User Account Control to make the browser run with the lowest possible privileges in order to increase security. The mitigation however proved a tad nagging under cer...	17 February 2009 05:49 GMT

New IE7 Protect Mode API on Windows Vista Microsoft designed Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista to function by default in Protect Mode. This is just one of the security mitigations that the Redmond Company has saw fit to introduce in its latest operating system, and in the browser component. Still, added security is always a trade-off with the users' ...	14 June 2007 04:36 GMT

IE7 Protection Exceptions in Windows Vista In order to bulletproof Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft has introduced Protect Mode in Windows Vista. In Microsoft's latest operating system, the browser is set by default to run with very low administrative privileges in order to add protection and to mitigate attacks via the IE. However, it is important that yo...	5 April 2007 06:42 GMT

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