Internet Explorer: Managing Phishing Filter Prompts

By default, IE warns you if the website you are visiting might be impersonating another website. This mechanism by IE is termed as Phishing Filters. for various reasons the systems engineers/administrators require to disable this prompt for the end users essentially when they are deploying some automated web based system which they know can cause IE to prompt with it’s Phishing Filters.   IE Phishing Filter Registry: IE Phishing Filter is controlled by below registry key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeMicrosoftInternet ExplorerPhishingFilter] "Enabled"=dword:00000001 "ShownVerifyBalloon"=dword:00000003 [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerPhishingFilter] "Enabled"=dword:00000001 "ShownVerifyBalloon"=dword:00000003 Below is the behavioral analysis of how IE Phishing Filter Feature works and can be managed: […]

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Internet Explorer: Add Web Site to Trusted Sites Zone

To make it easier to access your site pages in future, add the Web site to either the Local intranet or the Trusted sites zone: http://gunnalag.wordpress.com To add this site to the Trusted sites zone, follow the steps below: From the Internet Explorer Tools menu, select Internet Options. If the menu bar is not displayed in your browser, click the Tools button on the Internet Explorer Command bar and select Internet Options. Click the Security tab. Select Trusted sites and click Sites. If the Web site is accessed using an HTTP connection, ensure that the Require server verification (https:) for […]

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