Re: [PCWorks] A tip for stopping annoying harassing "slide-ups" (a kind of pop-up) immune to pop-up blockers
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:43:13 -0600
Yes I too have that exact area created by SpyBot, but again
what I'm saying is that area is NOT in the MVP hosts file
version, and I'm still wondering how to incorporate both. That
site John mentioned may have the answer,
http://www.abelhadigital.com/, but it seems to have many bugs
in it: "ATTENTION: This release doesn't fix many bugs that were
reported after v3.1.55, but (most of them) are fixed in the
UNstable version (3.2)."
Is that a quote from someone else or your words about Comodo?
I've never used it, so I can't say anything about installing or
uninstalling it, but currently it's the highest ranking FW out
there. Many if not most FW's and AV software are plagued with
installation and uninstallation issues. I guess the simplest
one out there is Zone Alarm.
It's certainly one's own prerogative to use or not to use a FW,
but it's incredibly risky not too. At the very least, XP's
Native FW should be enabled, and a router be used that has a FW
in it. A hardware router FW is seamless, I've used many and
I've never once had any issues with them, and there's never any
prompts from them. Even with just a hardware FW from a router,
a PC can past most tests at FW testing sites. One is certainly
potentially going to have far more problems getting their PC's
hardware and personal info hacked from lack of a FW, over any
issues learning how to use one. That's what ERUNT (or other
system restore) is for. ;-)
-Clint
God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh Vandervoort"
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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