Patent ID: 8108902

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for protecting a user from unsafe content, comprising: using one or more components of a computing device to implement security for a web browser, the component s configured to perform acts including: determining a source of active content; determining whether active content is to be rendered in a local machine zone associated with a network browser in response to the determining the source of active content, wherein active content to be rendered in the local machine zone includes active content to be rendered that is located on a local machine; determining whether the local machine zone is locked down in response to receiving an alternate set of registry keys associated with the local machine zone; locking privileges otherwise provided in the local machine zone when the local machine zone is locked down by using the alternate set of registry keys in conjunction with the active content instead of changing default security settings associated with the local machine zone; preventing the rendering of the active content when the local machine zone is locked down and when the active content is to be rendered in the local machine zone; and allowing the active content to render when selected by the user.