Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site - Operation aborted

Published: August 2, 2008, 12:57 pm

Thanks avazanne for telling me why Rickey.org was inaccessible to many people yesterday. I thought it was some ad on the site giving us a headache, but it turns out to be Sitemeter! [quote] A bug in the popular metrics-tracking platform Sitemeter has boxed Internet Explorer users into a quiet little corner of the internet since late yesterday afternoon. Any site using Sitemeter now displays the following cryptic message to IE users: “Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site - Operation aborted.” The bug affects IE 5.5, 6, and 7, but we have three ways including use another browser! to restore access to the full internet in all its horrible glory, inside. The Internet Explorer developer’s forum has developed one solution: Here is the fix for users of IE 6 and 7 who are getting the “operation aborted” message. Follow These Steps Exactly: 1. Open Internet Explorer. 2. Click on the menu Tools -> Internet Options. 3. Click on the tab Security. 4.

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