Nothing wrong with MSE, its fine. That remark by some Microsoft employee saying use some other a-v was dealt with and powers to be sort of reminded MS customers MSE and their other security programs were great and getting more aggressive with the adware/malware too in coming months. If you really want to try a new AV you might want to look at www.360Safe.com freeware that works.. Adblock in IE usually is a addon... click your gear, then 'manage add ons' and you should see it there in tracking protecting. Windows 7 & 8 have Trouble shooting in Control Panel... one of the items is IE and another you might look at is Networking. This post was edited by mikie on Fri, May 30, 14 at 5:28

I sometimes get that message when I have a loose connection, either with my cable modem or the Linksys router. It will clear after checking the connections and/or pushing the reset button. Just my 2 c's. Bejay

The setting is in IE version 10 & 11. Mine is version 10. By its default setting, the Enable Protected Mode should have already set. To check, open IE. Under "Tools" (top menu), select "Internet options". Under the "Security" tab, you will see "Enable Protected Mode". This should be checked. You can also disable the Flash Plugins. This bug won't work with Flash plugins disabled. To disable, open IE and go to "Tools" and select "Manage add-ons". Under "Toolbars and Extensions", you will see to the right "Adobe Systems Incorporated". Under this, "Shockwave Flash Object" is listed. When you select this, you will see a "disable" at the bottom. Click on it to disable; then, select "Close" to get out of the setting. Doing both, you can continue to use IE.

Sorry about your passwords, I had no idea that you hadn't saved them somewhere safe. The missing items may have been your add ins, which are usually the source of IE shutting down. Internet Explorer should not have updated unless it has been attempting to update and could not because the browser was unhealthy. Have you seen any Windows or Internet Explorer updates fail just prior to the issues? What were the names of the add ins that you were using? It sounds as if the green circle may have been WOT (Web of Trust). You can download it from https://www.mywot.com/ . The tab settings are found by clicking the Tools button, and then click Internet Options. Click the General tab, and then, in the Tabs section, click Settings. Check the Enable Tabbed Browsing check box. Click OK twice. Did you mean that when you opened Internet Explorer, multiple tabs were opening by default? If that's what you meant, open each site that you want in their own tabs, then open Internet Options and on the General Tab under the Home Page section, click Use Current. Click Apply and OK.