It is being reported that Sitemeter, which monitors site activity, is casuing errors in IE 5,6,&7 according to sources. When a IE user visits a site using Sitemerter they may receive the following error message:

Over at the IE forum they have posted a fix:

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. Click on the icon Restricted Sites.
5. Click on the button Sites.
6. Under Add this website to the zone:
   Type the text ‘ *.sitemeter.com ’ (with asterisk and dot & without the quotes).
7. Click the Add button. Click Close. Click OK.

All sites will work again without error messages coming up.

Another option is to use a different browser.

Comments welcome.

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