Internet Explorer Processes

This policy setting determines whether Internet Explorer MIME sniffing will prevent promotion of a file of one type to a more dangerous file type. If you enable this policy setting MIME sniffing will never promote a file of one type to a more dangerous file type. If you disable this policy setting Internet Explorer processes will allow a MIME sniff promoting a file of one type to a more dangerous file type. If you do not configure this policy setting MIME sniffing will never promote a file of one type to a more dangerous file type.

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  1. 1
    Registry path is:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software -> Policies -> Microsoft -> Internet Explorer -> Main -> FeatureControl -> FEATURE_MIME_SNIFFING # (Reserved) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software -> Policies -> Microsoft -> Internet Explorer -> Main -> FeatureControl -> FEATURE_MIME_SNIFFING # explorer. exe HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software -> Policies -> Microsoft -> Internet Explorer -> Main -> FeatureControl -> FEATURE_MIME_SNIFFING # iexplore. exe

  2. 2
    The Administrative Template path is:

    Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Security Features -> Mime Sniffing Safety Feature

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