How does z1.adserver.com popup get past Spybot, AdAware, & Firefox?

How does z1.adserver.com popup get past Spybot, AdAware, & Firefox?
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How does z1.adserver.com popup get past Spybot, AdAware, & Firefox? octanicus 05-15-2005
Posted by on May 15, 2005, 11:04 am
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How does z1.adserver.com get past the spyware blockers?

Pop-up ads virtually disappeared on my WinXP SP2 box by running
- Ad-Aware SE Personal build 1.05
- Microsoft AntiSpyware beta 1.0.501
- SpyBot Search & Destroy 1.3
- Spyware Blaster 3.2
- Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5
- Firefox 1.0.4 (set to block all popups with no exceptions)

Every program above set to block all popups possible with no
exceptions.
But z1.adserver.com still gets through somehow.

Does this pop-up use something tricky the antispyware folks can't catch?



Posted by M Trimble on May 15, 2005, 4:07 pm
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On Sun, 15 May 2005 11:04:52 +0000, octanicu wrote:

> How does z1.adserver.com get past the spyware blockers?
>
> Pop-up ads virtually disappeared on my WinXP SP2 box by running - Ad-Aware
> SE Personal build 1.05
> - Microsoft AntiSpyware beta 1.0.501
> - SpyBot Search & Destroy 1.3
> - Spyware Blaster 3.2
> - Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5
> - Firefox 1.0.4 (set to block all popups with no exceptions)
>
> Every program above set to block all popups possible with no exceptions.
> But z1.adserver.com still gets through somehow.
>
> Does this pop-up use something tricky the antispyware folks can't catch?
Check your javascript permissions (Edit...Preferences...Advanced (left
side)...Scripts & plugins in Mozilla; Tools...Options...Web Features (left
side) in firefox). Enable javascript can be turned ON, but set the permissions
(advanced options button in firefox) all OFF.

One word of caution: You can leave your javascript OFF, but you will lose
some functionality. This approach provides you with the best of both
worlds.

HTH
M


Posted by T. B. W. on May 15, 2005, 6:16 pm
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octanicus@yahoo.com wrote in news:1116180292.496189.52190
@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> How does z1.adserver.com get past the spyware blockers?
>
> Pop-up ads virtually disappeared on my WinXP SP2 box by running
> - Ad-Aware SE Personal build 1.05
> - Microsoft AntiSpyware beta 1.0.501
> - SpyBot Search & Destroy 1.3
> - Spyware Blaster 3.2
> - Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5
> - Firefox 1.0.4 (set to block all popups with no exceptions)

If the programs above don't stop this z1.adserver then maybe there is a
virus on your system which is popping up the web site.

Or it could be that the adserver uses port 80, which is impossible to block
because your web pages have to come up.

Lastly, it might be that one of the programs you use above as an
antispyware is actually spyware! For example, I never heard of Spyware
Blaster. Are you sure that's not spyware in disguise? I'd suggest deleting
it and installing something like Intermix ( http://www.intermix.com ).

The IntermixMedia antispyware works reasonably well but spyware still gets
through (it always will).

Also, you didn't mention if you updated your spyware definitions files?
Are they all up to date? Maybe it's as simple as the adserver is a new game
in town.



Posted by AvianFlux on May 15, 2005, 6:51 pm
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SpywareBlaster's at v3.4 now.



Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on May 15, 2005, 7:23 pm
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In alt.privacy.spyware, octanicus@yahoo.com wrote:
> How does z1.adserver.com get past the spyware blockers?

Put it in your HOSTS file:

127.0.0.1 z1.adserver.com

http://home.rochester.rr.com/bshagnasty/tips.html#hosts

--
-bts
-This space intentionally left blank.


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