Patent ID: 8074272

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: assigning a default behavior for each of a plurality of security settings in each of a plurality of zones of a network browser application, the assigning utilizing a predetermined settings/risk table that maps one of a plurality of behaviors to each of the plurality of security settings of the network browser application; receiving an indication that one of the plurality of security settings of the network browser application has been altered; determining, responsive to receiving the indication that the one of the plurality of security settings of the network browser application has been altered and based at least in part on the predetermined settings/risk table and a security risk assessment associated with the plurality of behaviors in the plurality of zones, without user interaction, that the one of the plurality of security settings of the network browser application that has been altered poses a security risk; notifying a user of the security risk in response to the determining via a notification that includes a selectable option to ignore the security risk; presenting an explanation indicating why the one of the plurality of security settings poses the security risk; presenting the user, responsive to the determining and unless the selectable option to ignore the security risk is selected, with an option to restore the plurality of security settings in one of the plurality of zones to the default behaviors for the one of the plurality of zones and an option to restore the plurality of security settings in the plurality of zones to the default behaviors for the plurality of zones; and in response to a single user selection, restoring the plurality of security settings in the one of the plurality of zones to the default behaviors for the one of the plurality of zones or restoring the plurality of security settings in the plurality of zones to the default behaviors for the plurality of zones.