Compare firewall software to spy protection software

[mto]

"Dick Hazeleger" <Dick@post_it_in_the_newsgroup.com> wrote in message
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<SNIP>
> Spyware is more than "infecting an OS", you'll be able find it
> anywhere, in your browser, in your eMail (in spam), in useful programs
> (more trojan alike) and in separate programs (for instance keyloggers).
>

Don't overlook the power of that miserable little gif-bot with attached
cookie LOL - and the only way to avoid those (other than accumulating a list
of offending ad servers and blocking them) is to either block all
ads/cookies or surf with graphics turned off.

[default]

K-meleon allows one to reject graphics from outside the domain you
visit. Seems that should cover the little vermin . . . what do you
think?

Web Washer claims to be able to dump the single pixel gif as well.
You can configure it to insert the gif of your choice.

Also has a neat mechanism to dump pop-ups that open when one enters
and leaves a site.

>Don't overlook the power of that miserable little gif-bot with attached
>cookie LOL - and the only way to avoid those (other than accumulating a list
>of offending ad servers and blocking them) is to either block all
>ads/cookies or surf with graphics turned off.
>



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[mto]

"default" <R75/5@defaulter.net> wrote in message
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> K-meleon allows one to reject graphics from outside the domain you
> visit. Seems that should cover the little vermin . . . what do you
> think?

Not always. Even though I have anything from third party sites blocked I
still see these come up in the ZA privacy notification (listed as Web Bugs
that have been blocked) on about 30% of the pages I visit.

> Web Washer claims to be able to dump the single pixel gif as well.
> You can configure it to insert the gif of your choice.
>
> Also has a neat mechanism to dump pop-ups that open when one enters
> and leaves a site.

Can't comment there. I use ZA Pro for it's ad blocking capabilities - ALL
the ads. The gif-bot is part of the code that downloads the ad, so no ad,
no gif-bot - and of course no popups either. It used to be just popups that
irritated me, till I noticed that MSNBC took a couple of minutes to load
completely on a dial up connection due to the presence of 6-15 ads from a
third party server for each and every page.

[Aaron]

"mto" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in
news:vhp5rfbllmqfd8@corp.supernews.com:

>
> "default" <R75/5@defaulter.net> wrote in message
> news:fndmhv86m1ujroelr2utkds367adrcmfoo@4ax.com...
>> K-meleon allows one to reject graphics from outside the domain you
>> visit. Seems that should cover the little vermin . . . what do you
>> think?
>
> Not always. Even though I have anything from third party sites
> blocked I still see these come up in the ZA privacy notification
> (listed as Web Bugs that have been blocked) on about 30% of the pages
> I visit.

Hmm that sounds strange. The person who owns the site will be able to log
your ip and whatnot directly anyway, he hardly needs a transparent gif to
do it, a web-bug? For him everything is a "web-bug" . Is ZAP doing some
kind of false positive, i.e 1x1 gifs used by the webmaster of the domain
for spacing?



>> Web Washer claims to be able to dump the single pixel gif as well.
>> You can configure it to insert the gif of your choice.

Well how about 3x1 pxels? 2x1?



Aaron
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