AHS Computing. IE 7 Seminar

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1 AHS Computing IE 7 Seminar

2 What is IE 7? IE 7 is the new web-browser distributed by Microsoft New features with IE 7 make surfing the web easier and safer Tabbed Browsing New Favorites Center Built in Searching

3 The Big Question? What will happen to my bookmarks (favorites)??? NOTHING!

4 Installing IE 7 In AHS, IE 7 will be downloaded to your pc automatically At home, you be prompted to download it as part of running Windows Updates

5 Validating Windows You might be prompted to validate your copy of Windows XP This is legitimate

6 Restart For best performance, close all of you programs and do a restart It might be inconvenient, however, it is worth the time effort required to do a reboot This ensures a clean and not a buggy install of IE7

7 Starting IE 7 for the first time Starting IE 7 for the first time might be slow The program is copying your settings and your favourites from the previous version Upon opening IE7 you ll be prompted by the anti-phishing filter This is an important security feature to the software

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9 Security

10 Phishing? According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group Phishing attacks use both social engineering and technical subterfuge to steal consumers' personal identity data and financial account credentials. Social-engineering schemes use 'spoofed' s to lead consumers to counterfeit websites designed to trick recipients into divulging financial data such as credit card numbers, account usernames, passwords and social security numbers. Technical subterfuge schemes plant crimeware onto PCs to steal credentials directly, often using Trojan keylogger spyware.

11 Phishing Filter Upon starting IE 7 you will be prompted to Turn on the filter Turn off the filter Ask me later Answer Turn on automatic Phishing Filter

12 How does IE know it s a phishing site? Phishing Filter uses three methods to help protect you from phishing scams. 1. it compares the addresses of websites you visit against a list of sites reported to Microsoft as legitimate. This list is stored on your computer. 2. it helps analyze the sites you visit to see if they have the characteristics common to a phishing website. 3. with your consent, Phishing Filter sends some website addresses to Microsoft to be further checked against a frequently updated list of reported phishing websites.

13 Mapping out the new look

14 Where s the menu? Right-clicking on any of the toolbars the option to display the Menu Bar appears A checkmark denotes which of the Toolbars are active Other Options including Customization is possible

15 Tabbed Browsing

16 Tabbed Browsing

17 Multiple Homepages You can setup multiple homepages in IE 7 Each page will open in a separate tab The order they are placed in will determine the order they appear in

18 The Home Button The Home Button allows you to choose which homepage to access

19 Tabs Settings Go to Tools Options

20 Search

21 Search You can define your default search engine Multiple search engines can be added as well m/windows/ie/searchgui de/enen/default.mspx?dcsref = m/runonce2.aspx

22 RSS Feeds RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication" -- it's a format for distributing and gathering content from sources across the Web, including newspapers, magazines, and blogs.

23 Adding an RSS Feed The RSS icon will change colours when you browse to a page that has an RSS Feed Simply click on the icon Then click on the link to add the feed

24 Example of an RSS Feed Why use RSS?

25 Network Diagnostics IE 7 has a Network Diagnostics Tool Go to Tools Diagnose Network Problems If your connection at home is wonky, try this neat troubleshooting hint

26 What do I do? If you get a screen similar to below... Read it! What does this mean? Website certificates are designed to both encrypt the traffic between your browser and a website as well as make sure that you're communicating with the website you intended. Included in that website certificate is a number of different pieces of information such as the web address, or URL, expiration date, and certifying authority who verified this website was actually who they said they were. If any of these pieces of information are out of synch with the site you are attempting to contact, it may be due to a malicious individual attempting to fool you into revealing your personal information to them.

27 Known Problems Google Desktop - Earlier versions of Google Desktop could cause Internet Explorer 7 to stop responding when opening new tabs. MSN 1.02 Toolbar - The MSN toolbar version 1.02 causes Internet Explorer 7 to stop responding. Adobe Flash Flash animations similar to the UW homepage will not work Solution? Uninstall these applications.

28 Links of Interest kreference.mspx asp orkshop/essentials/whatsnew/whatsnew_70_sdk.asp

29 Question & Suggestions If you have questions or suggestion, please contact us at your leisure Craig McDonald Lowell Williamson