Re: [PCWorks] A tip for stopping annoying harassing "slide-ups" (a kind of pop-up) immune to pop-up blockers
- From: Hugh Vandervoort <hughv2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:23:49 -0500
Here's the entry in my Hosts file:
# Start of entries inserted by Spybot - Search & Destroy
127.0.0.1 007guard.com
127.0.0.1 008i.com
...
I Installed the MVP Hosts file first, then the S & D file
I've installed many a firewall, and almost all my users end up confused.
I know the conventional wisdom, and I, as well as many others, reject it.
Just one of many examples:
"After seeing the recommendation about Comodo, I decided to try it.
After half a day of unsuccessfully trying to get it to play nice with my
system, I finally decided to uninstall it. After the uninstall, nothing
worked. No Internet connection, nothing in the Control Panel would work,
Firefox would not start, Spy Sweeper hung, etc. Had to resort to a
system restore. After doing some research, a lot of others have had
problems as well. Just a word of caution."
Thanks, but no thanks.
Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote:
> (Regarding #1, he was talking about the Restricted Sites area,
> not the hosts file).
>
> Regarding #2; you can't put IP addresses in the hosts file?
>
> #6.......HUH???? I'm shocked to hear that. :-0 Whether the
> security is a "false sense" or not, there's no denying the fact
> they block a multitude of sins. I don't call that false sense
> of security. Without one, you have no idea when something is
> getting access to your PC--deleting data, stealing sensitive
> data, adding malware, etc.
>
> Has anyone been able to determine yet if when SpyBot updates
> the hosts file, it overwrites any custom entries added either
> by you, or by MVPS? Or does it just add the new data to the
> file leaving what's there intact? If the latter, then how can
> it do it alphabetical order?
> -Clint
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