Taskbar & Toolbar Security

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They do not increase your risk.
The quicklaunch bar or any other toolbar you create are explorer windows.

Regards
Mark Dormer

"ForestSpirit" <seamaid24-graphics@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I am adding shortcuts to my Quick Launch toolbar and creating additional
> toolbars on the taskbar. My question is about security. Do those shortcuts
> put me at risk? I want to make sure they are seen only by me and not
> accessible from the Internet (hackers, spyware, etc.) through exploits in
> Internet Explorer or Java (Sun Java JRE runtime). The Quick Launch
> integrates with Internet Explorer in some way, doesn't it? Maybe I'm
> confusing Internet Explorer with Explorer.
>
> UPnP, SSDP, and Messenger are disabled. I have a firewall, antivirus, and
> antispy programs. Sorry if this seems like a dumb question, but I don't
want
> anyone having access to my files or running my programs but me. Similarly,
I
> hope I'm the only one who can see my desktop and Start Menu shortcuts. I'm
> low income, and there probably isn't anything on my computer a hacker
would
> be interested in, but I still want to practice safe computing.
>
>