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No problem, Heather, don't worry. Right now I'm sitting really pretty. For a while I am going to ride that wave. Thanks for your concern, it is much appreciated. Harry. "Heather" wrote in message ... Good.....I was pretty sure you paid for your firewall in EZ Trust, so you are running the Pro version of Zone Alarm (renamed). Check in the firewall and you should see a tab on the left called "Privacy" (looking at my ZAPro here, so assume it is in the same place). Click on that and you should see that there is *Cookie Control* which I have set at Medium.....and an Ad Blocker which is at High. Just pick what level you want it to be at or let the ZA Firewall work at the Default Level. But on the other hand, I use Firefox which blocks all of that stuff anyway. Love that browser!! And it took a lot of persuading by the antivirus guys to swing me over to that one. Don't try it until you get yourself completely sorted out with your HD and partitioning......work on one thing at a time....OK?? Cheers....Heather "webster72n" wrote in message ... Heather: I feel so much better now, after reading your comments. All the programs you mentioned are installed on my machine and some. My paid version of EZ Firewall does the rest, I am certain now. I don't know of it being "Pro", but it most certainly does an outstanding job for me. Thanks for your participation. Harry. "Heather" wrote in message ... See inline...... "siljaline" wrote in message ... "webster72n" wrote: Isn't 'EZ Firewall' already doing this job? Some firewalls block DNS, not sure if "EZ" does - never ran it. EZ Firewall is either the free Zone Alarm or Zone Alarm Pro, depending on whether you paid for it.....Harry did, IIRC. Even if it would delay, can that be considered consequential? By that I mean, does the drawback outweigh the benefits? Just an "uneducated" question, Silj. There are no drawbacks, other than blanked out ads and disallowed sites from loading in IE, aka "coolwebsearch" & parasite sites. I find that SpywareBlaster, in conjunction with AdAware and Spybot, does the job. In fact, I haven't found a piece of spyware in a long time. Running AdAware is getting boring, lol!! And I don't use IE anymore.....so no more popups & parasites or ads unless I choose to let Firefox allow them, which I rarely do. Just so you know......8-)) Figgs Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Security (AH-VSOP) __________________________________________ Security Tools Updates http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31 (Reply to group, as return address is invalid - that we may all benefit) |
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Just to clarify, I've been running Mike Burgess' HOSTS file
way back when I had a much slower machine - granted the file was much smaller then but I routinely install as due course on Win9x machines and honestly find it's benefits far outweigh whatever restrictions (if any) are incurred. Mind, it's not an application - and, with the batch files, you can easily turn HOSTS off. Browser DNS lookup issues are not a problem with HOSTS under Win9x, AFAIK. Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Security (AH-VSOP) __________________________________________ Security Tools Updates http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31 (Reply to group, as return address is invalid - that we may all benefit) |
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Like you Heather I use Firefox now, apart from when doing WU, and love
it, I also use Thunderbird as my mail client just occasionally going with OE to check what rubbish Hotmail has brought in g Joan Heather wrote: I use Firefox which blocks all of that stuff anyway. Love that browser!! And it took a lot of persuading by the antivirus guys to swing me over to that one. Don't try it until you get yourself completely sorted out with your HD and partitioning......work on one thing at a time....OK?? Cheers....Heather |
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Silj: You are fully justified in using a "Hosts file" and recommending it, because of its benefits. This NG is here to open a wider horizon in addition to providing direct assistance with immediate computer problems in general under WinME. You are being very helpful in fullfilling that purpose. Thank you. Harry. "siljaline" wrote in message ... Just to clarify, I've been running Mike Burgess' HOSTS file way back when I had a much slower machine - granted the file was much smaller then but I routinely install as due course on Win9x machines and honestly find it's benefits far outweigh whatever restrictions (if any) are incurred. Mind, it's not an application - and, with the batch files, you can easily turn HOSTS off. Browser DNS lookup issues are not a problem with HOSTS under Win9x, AFAIK. Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Security (AH-VSOP) __________________________________________ Security Tools Updates http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31 (Reply to group, as return address is invalid - that we may all benefit) |
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Super, isn't it. There are a lot of little things that I like about it,
besides the speed and no popups. Filling in names & passwords automatically, deleting URL's that you don't use for a couple of days....just little things, but you would think that Microsoft would include them in IE. I use Yahoo as my main alternate.....but do have a Hotmail account for rubbish too, grin. Cheers....off for supper.....Heather "Joan Archer" wrote in message ... Like you Heather I use Firefox now, apart from when doing WU, and love it, I also use Thunderbird as my mail client just occasionally going with OE to check what rubbish Hotmail has brought in g Joan Heather wrote: I use Firefox which blocks all of that stuff anyway. Love that browser!! And it took a lot of persuading by the antivirus guys to swing me over to that one. Don't try it until you get yourself completely sorted out with your HD and partitioning......work on one thing at a time....OK?? Cheers....Heather |
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lol I have a Yahoo one, I've had it for a few years when I first
signed up to one of my cross stitch groups, but never use it g Joan Heather wrote: I use Yahoo as my main alternate.....but do have a Hotmail account for rubbish too, grin. Cheers....off for supper.....Heather |
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