Secure Your Web Browser

If you insist on using Inter­net Explorer to surf the Inter­net, I would encour­age you to use a pro­gram called Sand­boxie to secure your web browser from virus and spy­ware threats that lurk within web pages.

Sand­boxie is a pro­gram that will iso­late Inter­net Explorer from the rest of your com­puter, which pre­vents viruses and spy­ware  from mak­ing per­ma­nent changes to other pro­grams and data on your computer.

If this is a has­sle or you don’t mind chang­ing browsers, I would sug­gest that Google Chrome is the most secure browser and bet­ter over­all, because it loads faster, it’s expand­able, it’s immune to ActiveX attacks, and it has a sand­box built in.

Secure Your Web Browser Video

Secur­ing Your Browser with Sand­boxie — Step by Step

1. Visit http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?DownloadSandboxie to down­load the lat­est version.
2. Click on the “From Sandboxie.com” link, to start the download.
3. Click the Run but­ton. (If you don’t see the File Down­load dia­log box. Check for the yel­low bar near the top of the browser win­dows and click the but­ton there first.
4. Click the Run but­ton again.
5. Make sure Eng­lish is already selected, and click OK.
6. Click the I Agree but­ton, to agree to the terms and continue.
7. Click the Install but­ton on the Sand­boxie Setup screen.
8. Click the Next but­ton (2) times.
9. Click the Fin­ish but­ton.

If you want to sim­plify things by giv­ing your Sand­boxie icon an Inter­net Explorer look:

1. Right click on the Sand­boxie Web Browser icon.
2. Choose Rename.
3. Delete every­thing and type in Inter­net Explorer (Secure).
4. Right click on your new Inter­net Explorer (Secure) icon.
5. Click on Prop­er­ties.
6. Click the Change Icon … button.
7. Paste %ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe into the Look for icons in this file: field
8. Choose the Blue “e” that you are used to seeing.
9. Click the OK button.
10. Click the Apply but­ton.
11. Finally, click the OK button.

When­ever you are casu­ally brows­ing the net with no plans to down­load files, or change your browser set­tings, use your newly minted Inter­net Explorer (Secure) short­cut. You will notice a hash sign before and after the Title in the upper left hand cor­ner, which is there to let you know you are surf­ing inside the sandbox.

You should not have a worry free brows­ing expe­ri­ence, and should not have to be con­cerned with the lat­est strand of viruses lurk­ing within web­sites.

Enjoy!