[MINI HOW-TO] Disable Third Party Extensions in Internet Explorer

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Published on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:00:00 +0000 Indexed on 2010/04/23 15:14 UTC
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Are you looking for a way to make browsing to sites you’re not sure of in Internet Explorer a bit more secure? Here we take a quick look at how to disable third-party extensions in IE.

Open up Internet Explorer and click on Tools then select Internet Options…

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Under Internet Properties click on the Advanced tab and under Settings scroll down and uncheck Enable third-party browser extensions and click Ok.

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Now restart IE and the extensions will be disabled.

You can then re-enable them when you know a site can be trusted and you want to be able to use its services. This will help avoid malware when you visit a site that wants to install an extension and you’re not sure about it.


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