Forum Thread: Is it safe to add an http site to Trusted sites by unchecking?

You are currently viewing a forum thread in the Secunia Community Forum. Please note that opinions expressed here are not of Secunia but solely reflect those of the user who wrote it.

This thread was submitted in the following forum:
Programs

Relating to this vendor: Microsoft

And, this specific program: Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.x

This thread has been marked as locked.

taffy078	Is it safe to add an http site to Trusted sites by unchecking?
	22nd Apr, 2010 11:46
Ranking: 408 Posts: 1,469 User Since: 26th Feb, 2009 System Score: 100% Location: UK	Leendirt Kip has a thread running headed "http://secunia.com/community/forum/thread/show/406..." It was suggested that he ensures he has added both Secunia sites to the IE8 Trusted sites viz the http and the https sites. This recommendation appears quite often here. Leendirt said he couldn't add the http address and I posted that I used to have that problem . A forum told me to uncheck "Require server verification" and so I did. You can then add http sites. Leendirt rightly says he doesn't want to do that without knowing if there are any bad consequences. Can anyone advise us on this please? Is it safe to uncheck it. (Provided they're known to be safe http sites such as Secunia's. -- taffy078, West Yorkshire, UK HP Envy Win10 PC and Compaq Presario screwed up by forced upgrade to Win10 from WIn7

This user no longer exists	RE: Is it safe to add an http site to Trusted sites by unchecking?
	22nd Apr, 2010 12:39
	Hi, Whether or not it's safe to add a site depends entirely on the site. When you add a site as "trusted", you allow that site to download files (usually ActiveX Controls) on your computer, and do other things that can be associated with risk. However, using http (unencrypted http) or https (http over ssl) doesn't change the risks inherent to "trusted sites" settings. You can safely disable "require https" for all URL's. What matters is that you don't add sites you don't trust. Https prevents eavesdropping, but doesn't defend against attack. For more information, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSL Hope this helps.
Was this reply relevant? +0 -0

Leendert Kip	Is it safe to add an http site to Trusted sites by unchecking?
	22nd Apr, 2010 13:06
Score: 112 Posts: 597 User Since: 22nd Jan 2009 System Score: 100% Location: NL Last edited on 22nd Apr, 2010 13:07	Hi Emil, thanks for your explanation. I have done this, ran a scan and wait to see it starts again later again. -- PC: PWA Computers Intel Core I3 2100 3.1Ghz Kingston DDR3 ValueRam 4GB 1333 Kingston SSD SV300S 240GB Windows 7 Home Premium 64bits SP1 Secunia PSI 3.0.0.11005 Internet Explorer 11 Mozilla Firefox 54.0NL Google Chrome 59.0.3071.109 Laptop: MSI GT780DX Intel Core I5-2450 DDR3 RAM 6GB Windows 7 Home Premium 64bits SP1 Secunia PSI 3.0.0.11005 Internet Explorer 11 Mozilla Firefox 54.0NL
Was this reply relevant? +0 -0

taffy078	RE: Is it safe to add an http site to Trusted sites by unchecking?
	22nd Apr, 2010 13:53
Score: 408 Posts: 1,469 User Since: 26th Feb 2009 System Score: 100% Location: UK	thanks from me, too, Emil. -- taffy078, West Yorkshire, UK HP Envy Win10 PC and Compaq Presario screwed up by forced upgrade to Win10 from WIn7
Was this reply relevant? +0 -0

This thread has been marked as locked.