1. Automatic login of IE When dial-up users use IE, the connection dialog has a "save password" option, and there is also a "save password" option when logging in directly to the mailbox on the web page. Look at the "*" tool software to easily translate the password. It is recommended that you try not to use this option. 2, IE's color footprint IE and Web page designers generally set the unvisited and visited links on the page to a different color, although it is convenient for users to browse, but inadvertently will reveal your browsing footprint. In the menu bar of IE, click [Tools] → [Internet Options] → [General] → [Accessibility], and in the subsequent dialog box, check the "Do not use the color specified in the Web page" item in the format area. After confirming, Click the [Color] button, check "Use Windows Color" in the "Color" area, and set the colors of the unvisited and visited links to the same color in the "Links" area. Others will not see your browsing. Footprints. 3, IE's Cookie Cookie, we have introduced it many times, it is more than just a cookie! You can limit the use of cookies by setting different security levels. If you want to completely delete the cookies, you can delete all the files under the directory "Windowscookies", which will effectively protect your personal privacy. Of course, using a personal firewall can also restrict the use of cookies, such as permission, prompting, and prohibition. 4, IE's automatic completion IE's auto-complete function gives users some convenience to fill out forms and input web addresses, but it also brings potential danger to users, especially for Internet users who access the Internet in Internet cafes or public places. To disable this feature, simply click [Tools] → [Internet Options] → [Contents], click the [AutoComplete] button in the "Personal Information" area, and clear the web address, form and form in the subsequent dialog box. User name and password item selection. 5, IE history and temporary folder When we browse the information on the Internet, the browser will save the information we browsed during the Internet in the history and temporary folder (WindowsTemporary Internet Files), so the next visit again Information can be quickly reached at the destination, which improves our browsing efficiency, but through IE's offline browsing, other users can easily flip through the content you browse. How to protect the security of personal information? The method is as follows: Click [Tools] → [Internet Options] → [General] → [Delete Files], check "Delete all offline content" in the "Delete Files" dialog box, [OK]. In addition, you can also set to automatically delete temporary files, switch to the "Advanced" tab, and check "Clear Internet Temporary Folders when closing the browser" in the security area. This will automatically delete the contents of the temporary folder when you close IE; then click the [Clear History] button in the same dialog box to delete the contents of the history in the browser. 6. Shielding ActiveX Controls Because ActiveX controls can be embedded in HTML pages and downloaded to the browser for execution, they pose a certain level of security threat to the browser. At the same time, other technologies, such as the VB Script language embedded in IE, and some new technologies, such as ASP (Active Server Pages) technology, also have certain security risks. So we need to mask out these ActiveX controls that may pose a threat to computer security by clicking [Tools] → [Internet Options] → [Security] → [Custom Level], found in the "Security Settings" dialog that opens. Regarding the settings of the ActiveX control, select "Disable". 7, IE's security zone settings IE's security zone settings allow you to set the level of trust in the site being visited. When browsing information online, we should often use some newspapers and magazines to collect information about hacking sites or other damaging sites, and always pay attention to which sites will maliciously steal other people's personal information, and reject these sites for you through some related settings. Access to information so that the browser can automatically reject certain instructions from these websites that pose a security threat to itself. To do this, click [Tools] → [Internet Options] → [Security], click the [Site] button to the right of "Restricted Sites", add the address of the site to be restricted, and after completing the addition of the site address, Click the [OK] button and the browser will work for the restricted site described above. Now, are you new to the security of Internet Explorer? Using the above method to protect the security of your personal information, so that the network can be used more securely, then the author has written the purpose of this article.