Vanguard wrote:
> SpywareBlaster adds a list of domain in IE under Tools -> Internet
> Options -> Privacy where you click Edit to see which are listed as
> Always Allow and Always Block. SpywareBlaster adds domains with the
> Always Block attribute.

I always wondered how they got there. Thanks.

I use IE-SPYAD, WinPatrol Free and CookieCop2 V2.2.
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm#IESPYAD updated usually
weekly.
http://www.winpatrol.com
CookieCop2 is a PCMagazine utility but is subscription based now.

I guess Cookie management could have its own topic so thanks for this good
explanation.

> Note that Doubleclick has several domains. If you want to deny any
> connects Doubleclick, you can define rules in your firewall to block
> connections to them. You could try blocking on a URL rule with
> ".doubleclick." and hope that it only blocks connections to domains
> with that in the domain portion of the URL, but it would also block
> something like "http://somewhere.com/somepath/my.doubleclick.jpg".
> So I block on (and showing some other common polluters):
>
> atdmt.com
> doubleclick.com
> doubleclick.net
> doubleclick.us
> doubleclick.org
> fastclick.biz
> fastclick.com
> fastclick.net
> hitbox.com
> websidestory.com
> x10.com
>
> I add these under the Parental Control section in Norton Internet
> Security. If you have another firewall and you are using these in a
> URL block then prefix them with a period and postfix a trailing
> slash, like ".doubleclick.com/", just to help ensure you specify a
> domain and not some path under it. If your firewall allows you to
> specify regular expressions then maybe something like
> "*.doubleclick.*/" or "//*.doubleclick.*/" would be usable (you might
> have to escape the slash character and have to use
> "////*.doubleclick.*//").
>
> I actually wanted to use the URL blocking in my router so other hosts
> on my intranet wouldn't end up connecting to those sites. Alas my
> router doesn't allow many entries in its URL block list nor do they
> allow wildcarding. Once the domain or URL blocking is enabled in the
> firewall, a good check is to visit http://www.cheaptickets.com/ which
> makes extensive use of Doubleclick. The links might still display on
> the page (unless you have ad blocking also enabled) but when you click
> on them you get a "page not found" or a default page from your
> firewall noting the block.
>
> Using a firewall to block connects to Doubleclick will not prevent a
> web site from writing cookies that can be used by Doubleclick. My
> understanding is that scripts are used to write and read cookies, so
> if scripting is disabled then a new cookie cannot be written and an
> old cookie cannot be read. But so many legitimate web sites use
> scripts that you usually find that you want to leave it enabled. So
> blocking the cookie using Always Block in IE is another way to keep
> clean. However, using the cookie Always Block only works for the user
> that is logged on at the time this list is updated, so other users
> logging onto the same host won't be protected unless they also run
> SpywareBlaster (and include the cookie immunizations). The cookie
> allow/block list gets saved in the registry under
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet
> Settings\P3P\History"; blocked domains have a value of 5 while allowed
> domains gets a value of 1. Since this is a user registry hive, each
> user has a different instance of this registry key so each user must
> run SpywareBlaster to add the blocked cookie domains.
>
> I use PopUp Cop to eliminate popup windows (rather than disabling
> javascript). It has has "dynamic" cookie management. You can use
> products like Cookie Wall and others to manage cookies but you end up
> periodically having to check and do the deletes yourself, or you end
> up having to leave a constantly running background program to monitor
> cookies and delete any not on a whitelist. PopUp Cop's cookie
> management also uses a whitelist; domains you list will not have their
> cookies deleted while all others get purged. It effectively forces
> all non-whitelisted cookies to be per-session cookies. Even
> per-session cookies sometimes don't get deleted when you exit IE, but
> PopUp Cop will make sure they get deleted. Since PopUp Cop is only
> active when IE is loaded, and since that's the only time you need
> cookie management, it works when it is appropriate rather than
> leaving some program always running in the background. You can also
> choose to ignore cookies from domains in the Trusted security zone;
> if the sites are trusted then presumably you trust their cookies.
> However, I still leave IE configured to accept 1st party cookies,
> BLOCK 3rd party cookies, and allow per-sesion cookies. A legit
> domain shouldn't have to use 3rd party cookies. Another option is to
> not delete cookies in IE's Always Allow list. So not only can you
> specify which domains in PopUp Cop to keep their cookies but you
> don't end up obviating IE's own Always Allow list. Domains can be
> wildcarded in PopUp Cop's cookie manager so you can use something
> like "*.domain.tld" and not have to worry if the cookie is for the
> domain or for a subdomain. Rather than disable some functionality of
> a site that needs cookies during that session, they can write and
> read their cookie but it won't be there after I exit the last
> instance of IE.
>
> "Ken Russell" <rusty@theseams.com.au> wrote in message
> news:3f84d777$0$14559$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.a u...
>> Spybot will remove existing cookies. To prevent them from
>> re-infecting, use Spyware Blaster
>> http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
>>
>> Ken Russell
>>
>> "George Weischadle" <gweischadle@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:6l4hb.3710$dn6.1847@newsread4.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
>>> I just cleaned and immunized my PC using Spybot. Went online
>>> again, ran a check, and found Doubleclick cookies present. Does
>>> immunization just prevent these cookies from doing their nasty
>>> deed, or is it supposed to prevent them from being written again to
>>> the hard drive? Sorry if this is a dumb question - I'm a newbie
>>> here ... )
>>>
>>> George