Lounge: Internet Explorer

Everytime I try and download a file in IE 9, I get a message that "filename contained a virus and was deleted". This started about 3 weeks ago. The same thing happens in Firefox, except there's no...

I use the 64 bit version of Internet Explorer. I have some url links that need to run using the 32 bit version of Internet Explorer because the ActiveX plugins for these links do not work in the...

I've always left Autocomplete on with IE, since I use different login IDs for different sites (on some my usual ID was already taken) but not to remember the password - some security is better than...

When I click on the Back button it takes 2 or more clicks to get back to the page. The 1st click shows as http or https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/page. What is that & why? Thanks

OK, I'm running fully patched XP and IE8. I use the Google Toolbar and LastPass add-on's, ZoneAlarm Free Firewall and MSE AV. Today I tried to log in to a personal financial web site with protected...

Hello. I tried to make sure that I have the latest issue/version of IE and tried to D/L IE-9 in 64 bitness to match my machine on W-8/64 bit. When trying to install it, it said that it was already...

I don't know that this is the right place for this, but I can't find a better one - feel free to move it if you know of one! Anyway, can any one tell me how to find out the name of a company for...

After my last updates, every time i close explorer, either with the red x or using exit in the file menu, the next time i turn it on i have the "unexpected" box to contend with. Any idea what causes...

Thanks to elsewhere in Windows Secrets I've now made 64-bit IE9 my normal version by unpinning 32-bit IE9 from the taskbar and pinning 64-bit IE9 to it. I've also amended the Browser key on my...

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I have two computers, a Gateway and an HP, both running Windows 7 64 bit and both running the same version of IE9. The two behave differently when I open a web site by double clicking a link on my...

Recently I've started to get redirects when I click on a link. As an example, if I go to a website and click on a link within that web page, rather than going to the expected location I'm sent to...

I see that Martin Brinkman is pushing DuckDuckGo via his Ghacks newsletter. Is there any connection or does he just really like it? I have tried it and haven't fallen in love yet, but I don't much...

Hello folks, For whatever reason, IE8, which I've used very successfully for some time, started acting strange, not only slowing down, but mouse pointer becoming jumpy. I looked in task manager and...

I hope this is the right place for this, since it pertains (I think) to cookies and such. I am running IE9 on Windows 7 SP1, but on average of once a day (not always) it "forgets" my Internet...

Is it possible to download and install IE10 64 bit on a Win 7 Pro 64 bit system,and if so how? Advice would be appreciated. Thanks and regards, Roy

My Laptop is a Compaq PresarioCQ62-214NR Running Widow7, IE 9, both 64 bit, with 2 Gigs of ram, and currently fully updated. Running avast as its antivirus and scanned with Malwarebyts about once a...

When I had IE8 I could click 'offline' so I could open my email to check on something without getting new mail in but that doesn't work in 9. What am I missing or doing wrong? Windows 7 IE 9

Major mistake. Updated IE6 to IE8 on my winxp pro sp2 after updating it to sp3 Had to update SPs after getting a vff.exe infection so as to get microsoft tools to work and check/clean my PC. ...

Has anyone come across the following: I am running Win 7 on an current HP notebook plenty of RAM etc, while using IE9, and most recently while reading a windowssecret post I attempted to...

Running Win7 Home, 64 bit with 6G of Ram. I debated whether to post this in Security or here in IE, because I still think there is something lurking that I haven't found, however, I'll start here....

Am using XP. Upgraded from IE6 to IE8. Each time I log into IE8 the Welcome Screen appears. Even though I fill out options, the next time I go in it is there again. How to I get rid of this?

Running Internet Explorer 9. Recently installed "Do Not Track +" on Firefox and Chrome, but when I tried to install in on Internet Explorer it failed because it could not find "iexplore.exe." Out of...

I am using Windows XP Professional SP3, 32-bit, with Internet Explorer 8. I noticed that frequently a Suggested Sites icon appears in the Favorites Bar and I have been unable to permanently get...

Weird and puzzling ... all of a sudden I get the "page not found" error when I try to access our web site, either via typing in the URL or clicking on the link in a Google search. It just started...

I had a client today who was using Windows 7 HP 64-bit and Internet Explorer 9. She wants to be able to have multiple IE windows open so she can open them side by side on her screen at the same...

Viewing Internet Options > Advanced tab> Settings> Acclerated graphics. I found the option to use software rendering or GPU rendering. Not knowing what GPU was, I did some research and found the...