Blocking Scripting and Trusted Zones to secure IE code

[Roy Beaulieu]

In Windows 11, 10, 8.1, and 7, Internet Options has a Zone section under Security. Since IE is still a part of even Windows 11, I'd like to use this feature to make Windows more secure by setting Scripting/Active Scripting to Prompt instead of Allow in the Internet Zone. To minimize annoyance of the user, I've added required domains to the Trusted Zone list. This allow scripting to run when those domains are involved without the Prompt. However, even if I include every domain the PC contacts when IE's code is invoked, I still get about 4 prompts to run scripts. An example of Windows using IE c

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