The Windows Registry is a central hierarchical database used to store information and settings for users, applications and hardware devices. It contains information that applications and system processes constantly retrieve and store during operation, such as a profile of user’s custom configurations, the types of documents that applications can open and create, as well as the hardware and network ports that exist and are being used.

There are 5 levels of security setting available for each Internet Explorer security zone. To change the default security level for any zone, perform the following steps:

Security zones are an Internet Explorer feature that allows users to sort websites based on their level of trust in them. By default, all websites are placed within the Internet Zone category, which has a default security level of medium. The other categories of security zones include the Local Intranet Zone, the Trusted Sites Zone, and the Restricted Sites Zone. Each of these zones has a different default security level, however these can be modified in order to suit your specific needs.

And once these malicious downloads are installed on your machine, you could be BIG trouble. You may not know it, but you computer keeps logs full of information about you. Somewhere on your hard drive there are files that contain information like your name, address, phone number, the websites you visit, the types of things you buy online, maybe even your credit card numbers.

Today’s fraudsters aren’t just bored teenagers anymore. The online criminals of today are skilled computer experts who know how to manipulate your computer into giving them the information they need for their computer fraud schemes. And the worst part is that you can have crucial information stolen from you without ever knowing what had happened.

Roughly 84% of people on the Internet today have Microsoft Internet Explorer installed as their primary web browser. With that many people using the same browser, Internet Explorer is usually the first place a hacker goes when trying to break into a system.

Maybe you think that a few pop ups are normal. Or that even though a few pop ups here and there are irritating, they don’t really pose such a big problem that you need to do anything about them. If this is what you think, you’re treading in dangerous waters because getting pop ups on your computer is usually indicative of a much bigger problem.

While pop up ads may be annoying, they are also symptoms that true danger lurks beneath! Constant Pop up ads are oftentimes signs that your computer could be infected with adware, spyware or worse.

With ActiveX, a website can be interactive and allow you to use tools such as online mortgage calculators or online expense tracking tools. This technology has made the Internet much more exciting and robust, but unfortunately, in the wrong hands, ActiveX technology is easily exploitable.

Aside from being annoying, pop ups can also be extremely dangerous as they can act as portals for you to accidentally download hazardous software (like spyware or adware) onto your computer. And once installed on your PC, spyware quietly starts collecting all kinds of information about you. It logs what websites you visit and how long you stay on the Internet.