Spyware Blaster 4.0

[siljaline]

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Silj

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siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

[rodney.usenet@gmail.com]

On 1 mrt, 10:21, "siljaline" <siljal...@nospam.com> wrote:
> http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

How does this actually work ? Or even: does it work ?
I know it's popular, but I can't find any proof it actually does what
it claims to do.
And if it does work, how ? Does it create a blacklist like your hosts
file ?

[Han]

rodney.usenet@gmail.com wrote in news:199a96d3-f1d8-4007-850b-
6d9a7324308e@e60g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:

> On 1 mrt, 10:21, "siljaline" <siljal...@nospam.com> wrote:
>> http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
>
> How does this actually work ? Or even: does it work ?
> I know it's popular, but I can't find any proof it actually does what
> it claims to do.
> And if it does work, how ? Does it create a blacklist like your hosts
> file ?
>
I don't really know how to /prove/ that it works. AFAICT it is an adjunct
to practicing safe hex. It seems most important for those using IE. See
the website <http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html>. If it
does indeed do what it says, I think it is valuable. I use it.

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Han" <nobody@nospam.not>


| I don't really know how to /prove/ that it works. AFAICT it is an adjunct
| to practicing safe hex. It seems most important for those using IE. See
| the website <http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html>. If it
| does indeed do what it says, I think it is valuable. I use it.

I believe it is not anti malware as the normal applications. What it does it examines
certain settings and suggests ways to lock down the PC to make it more secure. And it is
for FireFox as well as IE.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Han]

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in
news:IvCyj.7091$1_.265@trnddc02:

> From: "Han" <nobody@nospam.not>
>
>
>| I don't really know how to /prove/ that it works. AFAICT it is an
>| adjunct to practicing safe hex. It seems most important for those
>| using IE. See the website
>| <http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html>. If it does
>| indeed do what it says, I think it is valuable. I use it.
>
> I believe it is not anti malware as the normal applications. What it
> does it examines certain settings and suggests ways to lock down the
> PC to make it more secure. And it is for FireFox as well as IE.
>
I think it modifies the registry so certain activeX controls can't be
installed. How exactly it protects Firefox I don't know. I was hoping
you, David, could shed more light on it <grin>.


--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Han" <nobody@nospam.not>


| I think it modifies the registry so certain activeX controls can't be
| installed. How exactly it protects Firefox I don't know. I was hoping
| you, David, could shed more light on it <grin>.
|

I don't use it since it is a prevention type utility that I don't need.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Stephen Howe]

> I think it modifies the registry so certain activeX controls can't be
> installed.

Yes. It knows the CLSIDs for various malware and makes sure the killbit is
set for them in the registry: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility

> How exactly it protects Firefox I don't know

Only if FF has the equivalent IE functionality

Stephen Howe

[Ron]

On Mar 2, 9:26 am, rodney.use...@gmail.com wrote:
> On 1 mrt, 10:21, "siljaline" <siljal...@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> >http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
>
> How does this actually work ? Or even: does it work ?
> I know it's popular, but I can't find any proof it actually does what
> it claims to do.
> And if it does work, how ? Does it create a blacklist like your hosts
> file ?

Download it and try going to one of it's restricted websites...that
part works for sure.

[Dustin Cook]

rodney.usenet@gmail.com wrote in news:199a96d3-f1d8-4007-850b-
6d9a7324308e@e60g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:

> On 1 mrt, 10:21, "siljaline" <siljal...@nospam.com> wrote:
>> http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
>
> How does this actually work ? Or even: does it work ?

It adds bad sites to the registry for IE, in the restricted sites
section. It will also offer to toggle a few bits that can turn off
potentially unsafe code or functions.

And yes, it does work. For its intended purpose, it works reasonably
well.

> I know it's popular, but I can't find any proof it actually does what
> it claims to do.

Proof is easy to come by. Load the program, and try to visit a site thats
considered bad by it.

> And if it does work, how ? Does it create a blacklist like your hosts
> file ?

By adding information to your registry, it creates a sort of blacklist of
bad/suspicious websites that may/will exploit you.




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Regards,
Dustin Cook - http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
BugHunter v2.2e AntiMalware Removal Utility

[Charani]

On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 04:21:30 -0500, siljaline wrote:

> http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

TY )