Preventing Spyware

[Robert Brugman]

Hello fellow Windows Users,
I was wondering if there is a way to prevent software from being installed
automatically by Internet Explorer. I have a problem with little pieces of
software being automatically installed, which leads to bigger programs being
automatically downloaded. It's a never-ending removal process. I have
Spybot Search and Destroy installed, and it removes everything, but I would
like to know if there are any methods of preventing the
spyware/trackers/toolbars in the first place.

Thanks,
Robert

~Robert Brugman~
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[Diggy]

Tools > Internet Options > Security > Custom Level is where the security
settings are. Check out the Active X and Scripting Settings at the
beginning and end of the list. You could try setting the first Active X
setting to prompt, and the next two to disable, and the last one to prompt,
too.

For the Scripting, set the first one to prompt or enable, the second one to
disable, and the last one to prompt.

This will give you a few dialogue boxes appearing while your surfing. I say
no 90% of the time to these dialogue boxes asking to download stuff, and it
never has any negative effects.

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ICQ#
| Hello fellow Windows Users,
| I was wondering if there is a way to prevent software from being installed
| automatically by Internet Explorer. I have a problem with little pieces
of
| software being automatically installed, which leads to bigger programs
being
| automatically downloaded. It's a never-ending removal process. I have
| Spybot Search and Destroy installed, and it removes everything, but I
would
| like to know if there are any methods of preventing the
| spyware/trackers/toolbars in the first place.
|
| Thanks,
| Robert
|
| ~Robert Brugman~
| This e-mail is X.509 happy ;-)
| GPG Fingerprint: D710 B8D9 C72A AB56 174F 71AC 3619 9F32 8250 6034
|

 

[Wesley VogelX]

Robert;
Open IE/Tools/Internet Options/Advanced tab/scroll down to:
 Enable Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)
Specifies to automatically download and install Internet Explorer components if
a Web page needs them in order to display the page properly or perform a
particular task.
 Enable Install On Demand (Other)
Specifies to automatically download and install Web components if a Web page
needs them in order to display the page properly or perform a particular task.
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Make sure both of these are NOT checked!!!
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#3 below will prevent spyware from being installed. Keep all of your Anti
Virus, Anti Spyware, etc. software up to date. Download updates often!!
1, 2, 3 and 4 are good. Visit these sites. Download and install, run one or
all. They are all good, FREE utilities. The first site gives some
recommendations.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php?cat=all#s-p
1) AdAware
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
2) Spybot S & D
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download
3) SpywareBlaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
4) HijackThis (some other stuff that may be of interest also)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html
5) Free Anti-Virus software.
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
6) Free Firewall.
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp
7) Free Pop-Up Stopper.
http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html

 

[Guest]

Along with the other posts here Ive read,Spybot has a
pluggin for internet explorer do you have it? If not you
can download it fron spybots main page (ie sidebar) also
spywareblaster helps alot
www.wilderssecurity.net