10 Tips for Securing Your PC Part 1
1 Disable IFrames in Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer, select Tools | Internet Options
- Click the Security tab
- Choose the desired zone (Internet, Local intranet, Trusted sites, or Restricted Sites) and click Custom Level
- Scroll down to Launching programs and files in an IFRAME
- Select Disable to prevent iframes altogether or Prompt if you wish to decide on a site-by-site basis.
- Click OK
- Repeat for each of the desired security zones.
- Click OK to exit the Internet Options menu.
If you use the Firefox browser in conjunction with the Google search engine, Google will (under various circumstances) prefetch the first page returned in the results. In other words, that page and any cookies associated will be downloaded to your computer even though you never clicked the link. Here's how to disable this Google / Firefox "feature".
- Open the Firefox browser
- Type about:config in the address bar and press Enter
- Scroll down the resulting preference list to network.prefetch-next
- Double click network.prefetch-next so the value is set to false.
- Close Firefox and restart it to enable the change.
3 Disable "ShiftOveride"
When Windows is starting, pressing the Shift key can allow you to bypass programs loading during startup. Some malware, such as the UZA O/S worm, disables this feature. Here's how to re-enable the use of a shift override when Windows is loading. Note: These steps require editing the System Registry (REGEDIT).
1 Click Start
2. Click Run
3 Type Regedit
4 Click Ok
5 Browse to the following key