Secure IE

By Winferno Software Free to try Editors' Rating

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Editors' Review

Download.com Staff Feb 27, 2009

Intended to increase the usefulness of Internet Explorer, Secure IE offers extra features for tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, and security improvements. Also, though it represents a leap forward for IE, it doesn't improve much on IE's competitors. Although the tabbed browsing is convenient, you can't open sites in new browser windows. Its pop-up blocking is weak, failing some of our easier tests. It also purports to block Flash ads, but it seemed effective only half the time in our tests. Annoyingly, whenever it blocks an ad, the browser takes center stage, even if you were working in another application.

Secure IE's security manager lets you fine-tune how it handles ActiveX controls, cookies, and downloads. Its included download manager is a mix of good and bad points. On the one hand, it adds characters to downloaded file names, which keeps you from accidentally installing programs--a good security measure. However, that same feature makes it difficult to actually run programs you download. Its research features include adding notes or highlights to Web pages and toolbar access to multiple and customizable Web search engines. Secure IE offers some useful features for people still tied to IE, but its added features don't trump IE competitors.

Full Specifications

What's new in version 2004

General

Release November 8, 2008
Date Added August 23, 2004
Version 2004

Operating Systems

Operating Systems Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows, Windows XP, Windows NT
Additional Requirements Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP

Popularity

Total Downloads 209,810
Downloads Last Week 0
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Developer's Description

Secure IE automatically detects bothersome pop-up ads (including Windows Messenger ads) and stops them cold, while allowing "good" pop-up windows to appear. Users can choose to block or allow pop-up, Flash, or ActiveX ads in one click. Secure IE prevents adware, spyware, and keyloggers from installing on your PC and blocks hackers from using ActiveX to delete files from your computer, send e-mails, and obtain access to your private information. The exclusive Internet Security Manager automatically tunes your PC for maximum security, with no configuration needed. Secure IE also features a search toolbar that allows users to search popular Web sites (such as Yahoo, Google, eBay), and a multitabbed browser interface gives users access to multiple Web pages within one window.
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