9.3. Security Features of Internet Explorer 7

Internet Explorer 7 contains many security improvements over previous versions of IE. With the increase in malicious attacks over the Web, security was a primary consideration during the development of IE 7. The following list indicates some of the new security improvements in IE:

• A phishing filter to indicate when a site is known or is believed to be fraudulent

• Improved privacy features, allowing you to more easily delete personal information, such as cached passwords, cookies, and form data

• Security Status Bar, which provides detailed security information, such as phishing notifications and certificate names

• Parental controls, which enables parents to proactively control and monitor Internet behavior

• Protected Mode, which isolates IE from other applications and prevents malicious code from being run outside of the Temporary Internet Files location