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Is Internet Explorer 7 Spying on Me?
Published October 24th, 2006 in All Categories, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7
Like many other people in the world today, I decided to install IE7 on my computer. Now, I am a ![internet explorer II [od].jpg](/wp-content/uploads/internet explorer II [od].jpg "internet explorer II [od].jpg")
diehard fan of Firefox but I need to keep abreast of all different types of technology. This is why I was interested in installing Internet Explorer 7.
Now, imagine my surprise when I was asked to validate my copy of Windows before I continued to install Internet Explorer! With the Windows Genuaine Advantage scandal still fresh in my mind, I was curious as to what the installer was doing when it was “validating” my copy of Windows.
I fired up filemon and regmon from Sysinternals to see what it was exactly doing.
File and Registry Access
I put all of the results into an Excel file. Please note that I have changed some of the information to protect my anonymity.
Most of the access was pretty routine but it did look at some stuff that I thought was pretty strange. And some of which I thought was really none of their business! Daily Cup of Tech » Is Internet Explorer 7 Spying on Me?
