Re: Medium setting in IE ok for home user?

From: johns (johns123_at_moscow.com)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:14:08 -0700

> It is ok for a home user on WinXP to set IE6's Security Settings to
> 'Medium'.

I have mine set to low, and then I go looking for trouble
to see if I can block it ( job ). So far, I've been able to
stop malicious sites with 2 apps. PopupStopper and
f-secure ( McAffee at home ). F-secure in particular
seems socially aware, and speaks up about malware
coming down .. and stops it. Believe me when I say
I've been on some pretty crummy sites, and let them
have a go at my machine. So far, about the only
problem I've had from these sites is spam. No problem.
I have two spam filters running interference for me on
my email accounts ( Postini and a work el-cheapo ).
Spybot complains a bit about garbage in Temp Internet
Files, but gets it. I find it easier to just delete that stuff
fairly often. Occasionally, I do find a site that is really
trying to do harm, but then I do my best to put that
individual in prison. I don't hesitate to call the FTC and
their State Attorney Generals office and file a complaint
spelling out exactly what I have learned about them.
You will be fine as long as you have a good AV program,
and run PopupStopper. Your greatest threat is email.
There, you really need Postini ... not one of the local
so-called filters. You need layers of defense before
that email gets to you.

johns

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