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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