Something's removed my 'Security' tab!

HELP

I looked in my Internet Options the other day and noticed that I no longer have a 'Security' tab, which means that I don't have the option of, say, making my browser 'check before allowing cookies', or 'check before running scripts', etc

Someone told me that a piece of Spyware may have disabled my access to my security settings. Is this possible? (I've since removed any potentially harmful stuff.) Is it something I could have done myself perhaps, not the spyware?

I'm familiar with Explorer, and I've checked through Help (etc), and it isn't my imagination. The tab's gone.

How do I enable the tab again - that's if it's still still there in the background somewhere?

I have Windows ME, and whatever Explorer generally comes with that. (9?

Any thoughts would be most appreciated

Paul

anonymous
Thu Jun 10 12:26:02 CDT 2004

Have you tried to just reinstall Internet Explorer?
I have not seen this issue before but I would attempt to reinstall IE6 and it's updates.

Russell
Thu Jun 10 12:33:52 CDT 2004

Try this link. Has a lot of stuff relating to spyware.
Has a section dealing with 'Fixes', one of them for
missing tabs.

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

>-----Original Message-----
>
>
>HELP!
>
>I looked in my Internet Options the other day and noticed
that I no longer have a 'Security' tab, which means that I
don't have the option of, say, making my browser 'check
before allowing cookies', or 'check before running
scripts', etc.
>
>Someone told me that a piece of Spyware may have disabled
my access to my security settings. Is this possible? (I've
since removed any potentially harmful stuff.) Is it
something I could have done myself perhaps, not the
spyware?
>
>I'm familiar with Explorer, and I've checked through Help
(etc), and it isn't my imagination. The tab's gone.
>
>How do I enable the tab again - that's if it's still
still there in the background somewhere?
>
>I have Windows ME, and whatever Explorer generally comes
with that. (9?)
>
>Any thoughts would be most appreciated.
>
>
>Paul
>.
>

Margaret
Fri Jun 11 09:40:14 CDT 2004

I have the sme problem as this , how can this e fixed? Thanks

"Paul P" <hazeydavy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:FB5549A0-BA85-47CC-9EC5-1D716E075143@microsoft.com...
>
>
> HELP!
>
> I looked in my Internet Options the other day and noticed that I no longer
have a 'Security' tab, which means that I don't have the option of, say,
making my browser 'check before allowing cookies', or 'check before running
scripts', etc.
>
> Someone told me that a piece of Spyware may have disabled my access to my
security settings. Is this possible? (I've since removed any potentially
harmful stuff.) Is it something I could have done myself perhaps, not the
spyware?
>
> I'm familiar with Explorer, and I've checked through Help (etc), and it
isn't my imagination. The tab's gone.
>
> How do I enable the tab again - that's if it's still still there in the
background somewhere?
>
> I have Windows ME, and whatever Explorer generally comes with that. (9?)
>
> Any thoughts would be most appreciated.
>
>
> Paul