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Posted by PA Bear on March 1, 2007, 7:01 pm
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One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party
applications may be disallowing the settings you select in any tab of IE
Tools > Internet Options from "sticking". These include but are not limited
to Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer, SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Norton
AntiVirus, McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware, and Zone Alarm (Free and
Pro).
SpywareBlaster Support Forum
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=23
Spybot Support Forum
http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=4
> In the meantime, could experts in this newsgroup please advise if it is
> deemed to be essential utilizing applications such as Spywareblaster
> and/or
> Spybot S&D for adding website to the Restricted zone?
Essential? Certainly not.
> What are the downsides for not using these services?
Being online with less of a safety net.
The downside of /using/ such applications is not being entirely familiar
with what they do, what they don't do, and how they do/don't do it. <eg>
IMHO Spybot should only be used by advanced users.
> Are there other alternatives available?
Certainly. You might start here:
Roll your own Free Security Suite - CastleCopsWiki
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Roll_your_own_Free_Security_Suite
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
Charryl Chessman jr. wrote:
> In IE7 I have 'hardened' the Internet Security Settings considerably,
> including disabling Active Scripting. Scripted websites which I
> absolutely
> trust are added to Trusted sites. Among these are websites from highly
> reputable financial institutions and Microsoft/Windows update sites.
>
> This arrangement has been working for me just fine for a very long time.
> However, recently some of these trusted websites do not open in the
> Trusted
> zone anymore but instead trying to open in the Internet zone. Needless to
> say that since Active Scripting is disabled in the Internet Zone the
> websites won't open correctly.
>
> I reset IE7 numerous times, always followed by enabling all (updated)
> protections SpywareBlaster and Spybot S&D have to offer. The problem did
> not
> go away.
>
> Well, I reset IE7 again but this time without utilizing either
> Spywareblaster and Spybot S&D and was pleasantly surprised that the
> websites
> I added to the Trusted zone do open in accordance with my original
> settings.
>
> I tested this arrangement by applying the protection/immunization
> facilities
> (one at the time) provided by SpywareBlaster/Spybot S&D and same problem
> recurred. To be sure, I conducted this test three times with the same
> results.
>
> Based on this, I am pretty certain that the protection/immunization
> facilities of both Spywareblaster and Spybot S&D are causing this
> occurrence.
>
> I posted a write-up with respect to the above to
> http://www.wilderssecurity.com/ and still awaiting a response.
>
> In the meantime, could experts in this newsgroup please advise if it is
> deemed to be essential utilizing applications such as Spywareblaster
> and/or
> Spybot S&D for adding website to the Restricted zone?
>
> What are the downsides for not using these services?
>
> Are there other alternatives available?
>
> TIA,
> Charryl Chessman jr.
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