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voidmain:
Hey DarkSide, send your wife to http://www.linuxchix.org/. Maybe they can get her converted...

[ May 09, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

Calum:
the settings in the free version of zonealarm don't allow you to block individual sites. You should install opera, and mozilla and block explorer.exe and iexplore.exe from connecting at all for a start.

The reason the popup boxes come back every time is because you are not checking the 'don't tell me next time' box.

You can disable onscreen alerts and get it to write to a log file instead too.

The secret to a good firewall setup is learning to use the firewall.

Calum:
hey i just reread, Refalm says there's a way to block individual urls?? i thought that only came with the corporate (pay) version?

Master of Reality:

quote:Originally posted by Calum:
hey i just reread, Refalm says there's a way to block individual urls?? i thought that only came with the corporate (pay) version?
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That is why he told him to get a crack (so he would not have to pay).
I use a Proxy to block MS from my computers  

Ctrl Alt Del 123:
Those 4 pop ups are NORMAL, MS is NOT spying on you, those are used for internet (don't remember exactly what they did, if you're brave, search MS, they'll tell you what they do.)

If you don't want MS "spying" on you...

1) Turn off Error Reporting (Right click my computer, Properties, Advanced, Error Reporting.

2) If you use WMP, and want to neuture it, open WMP and go Tools, Options, and clear "Download codecs automatically" "Allow internet sites to uniquely identify your player" "Aquire liscenses automatically" "Start player in Media Guide", on the "Media Library" tab select "No access" for both, and clear "Automatically add purchased music to my library". WMP will now not send any personal info about you or your computer to anyone.

3) Uninstall Windows Messenger, go Start, Run, and type in

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

4) Disable some services, go start, run, type in services.msc and you might want to disable "Messenger" "Remote Registry" "SSDP Discovery Service" "Universal Plug and Play Device Host". All of those you will never need, and will only cause security breeches.

5) If you have broadband, go into the control panel, Network connections, right click your connection, properties, and you can safely uninstall all the protocalls there except for TCP/IP. Leave "Client for Microsoft Networks" in there if your Windows computer will connect to another windows computer on your home network. This gets rid of protocals you don't need.

Go to http://www.markusjansson.net/exp.html if you're real paranoid in securing XP. Yes, it is actually possible to secure XP.

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