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Protected Mode (Vista) Protected Mode is an Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) setting, only available with Vista. It has been designed to defend systems against ‘elevation of privilege’ attacks. It prevents hackers from getting access to a system and installing unwanted programs or using/ deleting information. With Protected Mode enabled, IE7 cannot modify user files and settings without user confirmation. With Protected Mode enabled, the user is required to confirm any kind of activity that tries to install new programs on the computer. “Are you sure you really want to do this?” Vista + IE7 in Protected Mode will ask. The fact that user consent is required for permitting actions of this kind ensures that the possibility of automated scripts running or unwanted applications being installed, is reduced drastically. Protected Mode gives you an indication of what a particular website is trying to do, so that you have a chance of stopping it and checking its trustworthiness before you proceed with the action. By default it is enabled for all security zones excluding the Trusted Zone.   proxy server Proxy servers receive requests from client computers to access websites and return results while masquerading as both the client to the visited website, and as the server to the client computer. They effectively make it so the client computer only interacts with the proxy server to access the whole Internet. While proxy servers enable you to surf anonymously, they may slow down your online experience.