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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 956334" data-attributes="member: 32260">There is a way to block opening Internet hyperlinks in any document. This will also work for other applications (like email clients) that use the web browser to open hyperlinks. This can significantly reduce the infection rate on the computers of casual users.<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Install 3rd party web browser - I will use Opera as an example.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Make it a default application for web browsing.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Use Exploit Protection to activate ACG mitigation for file name opera.exe. The executable that is used can be found out via Task Manager (when the web browser is running).</li>
</ol>That is all. If you will press the Internet hyperlink in the document, then Windows will try to open it in Opera. The exploit mitigation will block Opera.It is worth mentioning that Opera must be blocked by file name (opera.exe) and not by full file path (like C:\Program Files\Opera\78.0.4093.184\opera.exe). Blocking by full path will not work after the next Opera update. If one would like to block it by a full path, then the updating of this particular web browser has to be blocked as well.Edit.Blocking the default web browser is super safe but may be inconvenient for normal users (like MT members). For example, many applications can use the default web browser to display help files, tutorials, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 956334, member: 32260"] There is a way to block opening Internet hyperlinks in any document. This will also work for other applications (like email clients) that use the web browser to open hyperlinks. This can significantly reduce the infection rate on the computers of casual users. [LIST=1] [*]Install 3rd party web browser - I will use Opera as an example. [*]Make it a default application for web browsing. [*]Use Exploit Protection to activate ACG mitigation for file name opera.exe. The executable that is used can be found out via Task Manager (when the web browser is running). [/LIST] That is all. If you will press the Internet hyperlink in the document, then Windows will try to open it in Opera. The exploit mitigation will block Opera. It is worth mentioning that Opera must be blocked by file name (opera.exe) and not by full file path (like C:\Program Files\Opera\78.0.4093.184\opera.exe). Blocking by full path will not work after the next Opera update. If one would like to block it by a full path, then the updating of this particular web browser has to be blocked as well. Edit. Blocking the default web browser is super safe but may be inconvenient for normal users (like MT members). For example, many applications can use the default web browser to display help files, tutorials, etc. [/QUOTE]

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