Privacy
With industry-leading security features like InPrivate, you can browse and shop confidently using Internet Explorer 8, wherever you go on the web, knowing you have control over the protection of your personal information.
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Compatibility View
Now you can easily display websites that were designed for older browsers. Simply press the Compatibility View button if you see display problems on a website like misaligned text, images, or text boxes.
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Automatic Crash Recovery
Website crashes are now isolated to individual tabs rather than entire browser windows, meaning when a site crashes on one tab, you don't lose the rest. Internet Explorer 8 will also automatically recover the lost tab once it has identified the problem. You can surf with peace of mind knowing that Internet Explorer 8 is the most reliable version of Internet Explorer available.
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SmartScreen Filter
With the new and improved SmartScreen Filter, anti-phishing tools screen threats from imposter websites seeking to acquire personal information such as user names, passwords, billing data, and more. SmartScreen also includes new anti-malware tools to help prevent spyware, adware, and other potentially dangerous software from infiltrating your computer system and monitoring your every move.
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Domain Highlighting
When you visit a site, its domain is highlighted in the Address Bar. This helps alert you to websites that are imposters of trusted sites, thus reducing the chance of compromising your personal information.
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Cross Site Scripting Filter
Stay safer online and help protect yourself from malicious software running on compromised websites with the Cross Site Scripting Filter.
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