Questions tagged [trusted-sites]

About Trusted Sites

It is important to protect your computer from unsafe content on malicious websites. In addition to using virus protection software, it may be helpful to set your browser security settings properly. Internet Explorer provides a number of preset security settings that allow you to set the protection level that you feel is appropriate. To avoid unnecessary security measures on websites that you know to be safe, you can identify certain ones as trusted sites.

To add a website to a security zone

1. Open Internet Explorer by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button. In the search box, type Internet Explorer, and then, in the list of results, click Internet Explorer.
2. Navigate to the website that you want to add to a specific security zone.
3. Click the Tools button, and then click Internet Options.
4. Click the Security tab, and then click a security zone (Local intranet, Trusted sites, or Restricted sites).
5. Click Sites.
6. The website should be shown in the Add this website to the zone field. Click Add.
7. If the site is not a secure site (HTTPS), clear the Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone check box.
8. Click Close, and then click OK (or click OK twice if you clicked Local intranet in step 4).

To remove a website from a security zone

1. Open Internet Explorer by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button. In the search box, type Internet Explorer, and then, in the list of results, click Internet Explorer.
2. Click the Tools button, and then click Internet Options.
3. Click the Security tab, and then click a security zone (Local intranet, Trusted sites, or Restricted sites).
4. Click Sites.
5. If you clicked Local intranet in step 3, click Advanced.
6. In Websites, click the website that you want to remove.
7. Click Remove.
8. Click Close, and then click OK (or click OK twice if you clicked Local intranet in step 3).