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Internet Explorer 7 - Enabling the Phishing Filter.

Internet Explorer 7 has a Phishing Filter to help avoid dangerous web sites. ITS strongly recommends all CU-Boulder affiliates who use Internet Explorer 7 enable the Phishing Filter. The instructions below demonstrate how to enable the Phishing Filter.

1. Open Internet Explorer 7 by double clicking on the desktop icon.
   
   
   
   
2. Click on the Tools drop-down menu.
   
   
   
   
3. Select Phishing Filter and then click on Turn On Automatic Website Checking, as shown below:
   
   
   
   
4. In the window that opens, select Turn on automatic Phishing Filter (recommended) and click on the OK button.
   
   
   
   

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