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Blocking unsafe sites

Blocking unsafe sites
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IE8's phishing filter gets a new name, SmartScreen Filter, and a blood-red border that makes it difficult to ignore a potentially dangerous site. The protection extends to downloaded files as well; any download attempt from a site flagged as unsafe will be blocked in equally emphatic style.

For a more detailed discussion of this and other features in Internet Explorer Beta 2, see Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover.
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There's always ieSpell
I don't know if it is related to the IEPro mentioned in one of the other notes, but there is a little program called ieSpell which fi I remember right is free. It can be used for everything not relate... (Read the rest)
Posted by: CharlesEtheridge@... Posted on: 09/11/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Does it have spell checking?  LBiege | 08/27/08
No and yes.  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 08/27/08
Spell checker....  jnoooo | 08/28/08
IE Pro  Paul Fletcher | 08/28/08
How long ago did you try?  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 08/28/08
Re:IE Pro  jnoooo | 08/28/08
There's always ieSpell  CharlesEtheridge@... | 09/11/08
It looks really good, but...  Scrat | 08/28/08
Who care about the extra options ....  wackoae | 08/28/08
It's Still in BETA  GeneBuettner | 08/28/08
Nice makeover  esdrasf@... | 08/28/08
Coexist with IE 6 or 7?  websquad | 08/28/08
No (But)  LegendsOfBatman | 08/28/08
Tabs  jtb74129 | 08/28/08
you don't have to hold down a button, in IE7, now.  dinosaur_z | 08/28/08
RE: Blocking unsafe sites (Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2)  mike_flood | 08/28/08
Did you try clicking them?  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 08/28/08
Works correctly in FF3.0.1  dinosaur_z | 08/28/08
I'm using FF 3.0.1 here  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 08/28/08
I'm using FF 3.01 also  LegendsOfBatman | 08/28/08
RE: Blocking unsafe sites (Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2)  Crankshaft | 08/28/08
New? Oh, yeah...  roger@... | 08/28/08
Huh?  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 08/28/08
Just here to bash M/S  LegendsOfBatman | 08/28/08
Your right, but sometimes...  USTechHead | 09/02/08
RE: Blocking unsafe sites (Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2)  mrweedy | 08/28/08
it looks great--i want it  hansonjb | 08/28/08
Auto-Login to Web Sites  nickjack | 08/28/08
RE: Will not run on my Vista Home Premium  southpa38 | 08/28/08
You need to download the correct executable for your system  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 08/28/08
Astonishing outlook web access 2003 oversight?  pabds | 08/31/08
It's a beta  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 08/31/08
Sloppy  pabds | 08/31/08
wasted real estate  sjbjava | 09/02/08
To much uper crap still covering the reason it looking at the net  missplaced | 09/02/08
For goodness sake Ed ...  midgeuk | 09/02/08
I have tested OWA myself  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 09/02/08
RE: Blocking unsafe sites (Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2)  jnoel@... | 09/02/08
Not sure what you're looking at  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 09/03/08

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