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Restoring your browser's default settings will also reset your browser's security settings. A reset may delete other saved info like bookmarks, stored passwords, and your homepage. Confirm what info your browser will eliminate before resetting and make sure to save any info you don't want to lose. • Restore your browser's default settings in Edge
The threat involves using a PAC, discovered automatically by the system, to redirect the victim's browser traffic to an attacker-controlled server instead. Another issue with pac-file is that the typical implementation involve clear text http retrieval, which does not include any security features such as code signing or web certificates.
The browser guesses where the organisation boundaries are. The guess is often right for domains like 'company.com' or 'university.edu', but wrong for 'company.co.uk' (see security below). For DNS lookups, the path of the configuration file is always wpad.dat. For the DHCP protocol, any URL is usable.
A program called "Conduit Search Protect", better known as "Search Protect by conduit", can cause severe system errors upon uninstallation. It claims to protect browser settings but actually blocks all attempts to manipulate a browser through the settings page; in other words, it makes sure the malicious settings remain unchanged.
This class of status code indicates the client must take additional action to complete the request. Many of these status codes are used in URL redirection. [2]A user agent may carry out the additional action with no user interaction only if the method used in the second request is GET or HEAD.
A cookie is a small piece of data stored on your computer by your web browser. With cookies turned on, the next time you return to a website, it will remember things like your login info, your site preferences, or even items you placed in a virtual shopping cart! • Enable cookies in Firefox • Enable cookies in Chrome
The Group Policy settings dialog box on Windows XP showing option to turn off AutoPlay. The only Group Policy settings available for AutoRun affect the NoDriveTypeAutoRun Registry entries. The policy is available on either a per-machine or a per-user basis reflecting the Registry entry location in either HKLM or HKCU.
The normal downloaded Chrome installer puts the browser in the user's local app data directory and provides invisible background updates, but the MSI package will allow installation at the system level, providing system administrators control over the update process [338] – it was formerly possible only when Chrome was installed using Google ...