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> Korean websites requiring users to install proprietary security software was not uncommon.

It still is common. They just replaced ActiveX plugins with native Windows apps because ActiveX has a bad rep. It's still Windows through and through, and most of those "security" apps are borderline spyware.

I have to use Korean banks and government websites daily for business, and I keep them safely segregated inside a VM.



Easy; run Windows XP, IE, ActiveX in a virtual machine. Use Linux as your main OS.


Windows 7 with IE11 currently seems to be the sweet spot. Even in Korea, using XP has been frowned upon for a few years now :)


Yup, and the free Win7+IE11 VM from Microsoft doesn't really expire (you can rearm the license indefinitely).




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