Since the introduction of version 8, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer joined the ranks of Firefox and Chrome with a handy arsenal of third-party add-ons and extensions. Many of these extensions increase the browser’s functionality while saving you precious time surfing the web. Here are a few of our favorites:
Speckie
If you are like many of us, you have become pretty dependant on MS Office’s spell check. Speckie is a spell check for any IE window including forms, social networking sites, and web mail. Misspelled words have the standard squiggly line found in Word and you can right click on the work for suggested fixes.
Enterra Download Manager
Do you do a lot of downloading from the web? Enterra Download Manager creates a toolbar that you can drag-and-drop links to to start the download process. If there is a glitch in the download, the extension will stop the download and start it again later.
Super Ad Blocker
As the name of this extension implies, Super Ad Blocker allows you to disable annoying ads that are so pervasive on the internet. You can enable or disable the feature at anytime with an on/off button in your toolbar. It isn’t 100% effective on every web page but it generally does a great job. You can give it a try for free for 15 days before purchasing for $29.95.
Cocoon for Internet Explorer
Cocoon allows you to browse the web anonymously while protecting you against privacy threats and malware. Acting as a proxy, Cocoon stores your browsing history and cookies in the cloud rather than locally on your computer. Cocoon for Internet Explorer offers a free version but you will have to live with advertisements. The paid version, sans ads costs $4.99 per month or $29 per year.
Fine tuning a wholistic strategy to Web management and security is an essential component to good technology management. This means identifying tools that enhance that goal on your network as well as deciding policies companywide about what to allow employees to use and what security systems to implement. Protection needs to take the form of both internal and dynamic as well as passive protection. For our Launch Pad Business Care Clients, the bundled program includes a managed and coordinated Antivirus, Antimalware and AntiSpyware system that provides actionalable alerts to our team. A problem of any kind our any client’s desktop or server, immediately generates an alert to our help desk and is remediated before the threat escalates. This is the kind of wrapped protection you should seek to put in place on your network. If not, you may be in for some unwanted and costly intrusions.
