How to open a site under Restricted Sites zone (before adding it to that zone)

[Vanguard]

Under the Tools menu in IE6 are "Add to xxxx Zone" where xxxx is Trusted
to Restricted. However, before you can use that submenu, you already
must have navigated to that site and opened that web page. If you are
leery about a web site, it is already too late to be adding that site to
the Restricted Zone using this submenu.

I could first open Tools -> Internet Options -> Security and add the URL
for the web site to the Restricted Zone and then navigate to that site
but this is a lot of work when all you want to do is have a "first-time"
glance at an unknown web site under the Restricted Zone to see if you
feel comfortable enough with it to open under the less secure Internet
Zone.

Anyone know of a BHO (browser helper object) for IE that will let me do
a restricted first glance at a web site? I can go to
http://www.samspade.org/ and use that safe web browser but then I have
to wade through a lot of HTTP traffic and HTML code trying to figure out
what the web site is about. When trying to determine the origin of
spam, advertising in a web site, or some tracking utilized by a web
site, I'd like to go hunting with some armor when visiting those unknown
sites.

 

[Rob Parsons]

My IE Tools menu does not have any options to add the current site to a
restrictions zone?
Where can I get them?

I don't know of any BHO's that would do the job like
http://www.samspade.org/ safe browser.

I would suggest that either -
You use a dedicated computer that you can use to view suspect sites and that
you can after you have finished re-format
Be sure to set up bogus email accounts etc.
or
Turn off all of the IE options (scripting, activex, images and cookies) that
may compromise you computer when you visit sites that you want to review.

The new Google toolbar includes a popup blocker which I have found to be
very good and you can set you searching preferences for Safe or
Unrestricted. There is also a Page Ranking option that will give you an
indication of a sites popularity.

The MSVP.org site has a downloadable HOST file that lists known malicious
sites. This may provide you with a list of sites not to review or visit.

 

[Vanguard]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/previous/webaccess/pwrtwks.asp

Works for IE6, too.

Also check out:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/previous/webaccess/ie5wa.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/previous/webaccess/webdevaccess.asp

 

[Vanguard]

*bump* (to see if anyone has a solution)