Did SpyBot cause these problems?

[Victor Grauer]

Lately I haven't been able to access certain web sites at all, specifically
certain sites that are
protected for security reasons, such as my hotmail inbox, my internet
banking page, and two bill paying sites for telephone and cell phone
service. When I try to access these sites I get the standard error screen
telling me the server can't be found. Another funny thing has happened.
When I try to access my Internet Explorer "Internet Options," I get the
following message: "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions
in effect on this computer." What does that MEAN?????

All this shortly after installing SpyBot. When I went to my ISP for help,
the techs suggested the problem could be due to SpyBot and told me to
uninstall it. Which I did. But the problems persisted. Then I was told
that the uninstall probably didn't change important things SpyBot had done
to the registry. So now I need to figure out how to change the registry
back to the way it was????

Any thoughts on what the cause of this problem could be? And whether SpyBot
could be the culprit? And how to FIX it?

I have the latest updates on my Norton Antivirus software by the way, so I'm
assuming this couldn't be a trojan horse or virus????? Or could it?

Thanks.

Victor

[Roy]

In article <W0Enb.16668$8D.16171@newssvr32.news.prodigy.com >,
victorag@prodigy.net says...

> Any thoughts on what the cause of this problem could be? And whether SpyBot
> could be the culprit? And how to FIX it?
>

Have you by any chance used the Immunize section of Spybot, in
particular 'Recommended miscellaneous protections - Lock IE control
panel against opening from within IE (current user)'?

If you have, that's your answer, and the solution is to untick that
selection box.

Cheers,

Roy

[Roy]

In article <Xns9424BAEAF55ECunknown23@203.116.1.193>,
remove2spam.20.bluetack@spamgourmet.com says...

> Roy <z.5.RoyDent@spamgourmet.com> wrote in
> news:MPG.1a09213af48db0c99896da@usenet.free-online.net:
>
> > In article <W0Enb.16668$8D.16171@newssvr32.news.prodigy.com >,
> > victorag@prodigy.net says...
> >
> > If you have, that's your answer, and the solution is to untick that
> > selection box.
>
> Won't hurt, but the problems don't sound to be remotely related to
> spybot.

But this part of the OP's message certainly *can* . I speak from
personal experience!

> Another funny thing has happened.
> When I try to access my Internet Explorer "Internet Options," I get the
> following message: "This operation has been cancelled due to
> restrictions in effect on this computer." What does that MEAN?????

Cheers,

Roy

[Spunkmeister]

You enabled ALL the "Recommended Miscellaneous Protections" found on
SPybotS&D's Immunize page. This is not default. YOU enabled it.
Just disable them.

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 00:41:26 GMT, "Victor Grauer"
<victorag@prodigy.net> wrote:

>Lately I haven't been able to access certain web sites at all, specifically
>certain sites that are
>protected for security reasons, such as my hotmail inbox, my internet
>banking page, and two bill paying sites for telephone and cell phone
>service. When I try to access these sites I get the standard error screen
>telling me the server can't be found. Another funny thing has happened.
>When I try to access my Internet Explorer "Internet Options," I get the
>following message: "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions
>in effect on this computer." What does that MEAN?????
>
>All this shortly after installing SpyBot. When I went to my ISP for help,
>the techs suggested the problem could be due to SpyBot and told me to
>uninstall it. Which I did. But the problems persisted. Then I was told
>that the uninstall probably didn't change important things SpyBot had done
>to the registry. So now I need to figure out how to change the registry
>back to the way it was????
>
>Any thoughts on what the cause of this problem could be? And whether SpyBot
>could be the culprit? And how to FIX it?
>
>I have the latest updates on my Norton Antivirus software by the way, so I'm
>assuming this couldn't be a trojan horse or virus????? Or could it?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Victor
>