Compare firewall software to spy protection software

[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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