Manage Internet Explorer Add-Ons

Tools, Manage Add-ons and get a window like this:


Displayed will be all add-ons currently loaded in IE, sorted into those that are disabled and those that are enabled. To research what a particular add-on is, Google its name or the name of the file. I was suspicious of the “53707962-….” add-on from Safer Networking. I scrolled to the right and found the file name, “SDHelper.dll” and searched Google for that. I learned that it is part of Spybot Search and Destroy, probably the part that immunizes IE, so I left it enabled.
I was also suspicious of the add-on “Research” with no publisher name and no file name. Turns out that it is added to IE when you install MS Office. To see it in action, click View, Explorer Bar, Research. It allows you to search a variety of online reference books and research sites.
If you want to disable or enable an add-on, just click on its name and select the “Enable” or “Disable” Setting.
To see ALL of the Add-ons that have been used by IE, whether or not they are currently loaded, change the “Show” to “Add-ons that have been used by Internet Explorer”:


Those that I found suspicious include”
• acpController.dll – part of IBM’s “Access IBM”
• ICSScanner Class – part of Zone Alarm