xpy

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Does anyone have experience with xpy ?

http://xpy.whyeye.org/

Small tool which disables the default threats of a Windows XP installation.
Besides disabling Windows and some of its components to communicate with
Microsoft servers, xpy improves privacy settings and your system's security.
Features:
. Disable Windows "calling home"
. Disable questionable services
. Disarm Internet Explorer
. Disarm Windows Media Player
. Remove Windows Messenger
. Improve privacy and security
. Improve performance


TIA Rod
 
Rod said:
Does anyone have experience with xpy ?

http://xpy.whyeye.org/

Small tool which disables the default threats of a Windows XP installation.
Besides disabling Windows and some of its components to communicate with
Microsoft servers, xpy improves privacy settings and your system's security.
Features:
. Disable Windows "calling home"
. Disable questionable services
. Disarm Internet Explorer
. Disarm Windows Media Player
. Remove Windows Messenger
. Improve privacy and security
. Improve performance
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Personally, I would wait until the program has been evaluated by a
reputable freeware website. Downloading something from a site like this
is taking a chance of installing a piece of malware.
 
John said:
Personally, I would wait until the program has been evaluated by a
reputable freeware website. Downloading something from a site like this
is taking a chance of installing a piece of malware.
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I've used it on a few machines. Basically, it adds all components of
windows to a screen similar to the Add/Remove Windows components screen.
It can remove the indexer service, msn explorer and all sorts of unused
features - saving disk space and (presumably) improving performance
slightly.

Never had any trouble with it - I'm currently using the latest version
0.8.14 I believe.
 
Personally, I would wait until the program has been evaluated by a
reputable freeware website. Downloading something from a site like this
is taking a chance of installing a piece of malware.
Click to expand...

It looks very interesting.

"Why is xpy written in NSIS?
The decision to write it in NSIS fruited on a healthy combination of
curiousity and challenge. So far all tasks could be accomplished and
the syntax is very easy to understand.
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I'm suspicious about the icon, is xpy evil software?
No, but it's probably a buccaneer thing not to accept the settings
Microsoft suggests to Windows users. If you are suspicious about xpy
you can have a look at the source-code and compile your own binary
from it."

I've never heard of NSIS :(
 
It looks very interesting.

"Why is xpy written in NSIS?
The decision to write it in NSIS fruited on a healthy combination of
curiousity and challenge. So far all tasks could be accomplished and
the syntax is very easy to understand.
back to top

I'm suspicious about the icon, is xpy evil software?
No, but it's probably a buccaneer thing not to accept the settings
Microsoft suggests to Windows users. If you are suspicious about xpy
you can have a look at the source-code and compile your own binary
from it."

I've never heard of NSIS :(
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Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
 
Personally, I would wait until the program has been evaluated by a
reputable freeware website. Downloading something from a site like this
is taking a chance of installing a piece of malware.
Click to expand...

xspy has been around a long time. It's on the up-and-up. Only problem is,
when you launch it, it turns several things off by default. If you don't
notice this, some of our "stuff" may disappear and you don't know why.
 
Bob Adkins said:
xspy has been around a long time. It's on the up-and-up. Only problem is,
when you launch it, it turns several things off by default. If you don't
notice this, some of our "stuff" may disappear and you don't know why.
Click to expand...

Thnx for all the replies, tried it, like it. I'm gonna hang on to this one.
The default settings don't bother me, as the reverse operation is very
easy.

Rod
 
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