How to Set Up Internet Security Features Using Internet Explorer

To give you a more secure Internet experience, Internet Explorer provides security options that work to prevent unauthorized users on the Internet from obtaining access to your personal information. These Internet security options will help protect while shopping online and help keep unwanted and unsafe software downloads from getting onto your computer while browsing the Internet.

Internet Explorer divides its Internet security into different zones. The zones include: Internet, Local intranet, Trusted Sites, and Restricted Sites. All websites are placed in the Internet zone by default. When a website is accessed by your computer, Internet Explorer checks to see which zone it is in to determine if the site can be displayed. If you assign a website to the Restricted zone then access to the website will be denied. Trusted sites will be displayed with no check. And, Internet sites will also be displayed with no problem, though a dialog box may pop-up if the site is requesting information.

To access the Internet security options in Internet Explorer click on the "Tools" menu in Internet Explorer and select "Options". From here click on the "Security" tab. You can now click on the different zone icons and adjust the security settings assigned to each zone. Use the slider to adjust the security level for each zone. You can also add sites to the different zones by selecting the zone and then clicking the "Sites" button. Here you can view a list of websites currently in the zone and add or remove sites as you wish. Click "OK" to save you adjustments.

Another way to increase your level of security while using the Internet is to control the content that can be accessed by your computer. You can set your computer not to display any websites with content that you believe to be inappropriate. To do this you can use Internet Explorer's Content Advisor feature.