Re: Medium setting in IE ok for home user?

From: Robin T Cox (nomail_at_nomail.com)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:04:33 GMT

Franky <franklin_lo@mail.com> wrote in news:9534CCE6F133431E75@127.0.0.1:

> It is ok for a home user on WinXP to set IE6's Security Settings to
> 'Medium'.
>
> Are there any malware exploits, malicious websites, etc which might
> cause my PC damage on that setting?

In view of recent events you may think it wiser to use the 'High' setting,
or even to suspend use of IE6. See:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3840101.stm
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/security/settings.mspx

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