Comments on: Set Internet Explorer and Firefox to maximize your security

Make sure your browser is as safe as possible by tweaking its default security settings.

[kool_skatkat]

How about Safari? is it so safe that it doesn't require a mention in this article?

[unhappybirthday]

Yeah, it's super-safe:
http://www.news.com/8301-10789_3-9897000-57.html

[binnikemask]

kool_skatkat: Read the headline of the article; "Set Internet Explorer and Firefox to maximize your security". Does it contains "Safari"? No, it doesn't. Therefore Safari does not require a mention in the article. You don't need to mention ALL competitors every time you write about a product or service - even if the competitor is from Apple. That would just be plain stupid.

[sunnybob]

Another way to block referrer in Firefox is to use the "RefControl" add-on, which offers several options for handling referring, including blocking, forging the referring site, normal referring, custom, or 3rd party requests only. Options can be set for individual sites or as default. Setting Google to "forge" seems to prevent it from refusing to serve a search request while user is in TOR, which Google interprets as possibly coming from a viral bot of some sort. I've set "block" as default . The only exception to that is "forge" for Google.

[vlo58]

In the artical under the IE section you said " Advanced Options settings, make sure "Automatically check for Internet Explorer updates" is checked in the Browsing section. Click OK when you're done." I could not find that option to check. I have the IE7 so how do I make sure it's getting updated? Appreciate anyones help.

[wrg64]

I use Firefox and try to stay up to date on security, but please be aware that this change may cause web pages relying on the .aspx file extension to stop working. Did it to me at least.

[ArmoredCavalry]

Also, it prevents firefox from logging in to Newegg.