Re: More apparent M$ spyware

From: 7 (website_has_email_at_www.ecu.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 03/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:02:29 GMT

Yef wrote:

> Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>
>> As usual, your "shoot first and ask questions later" approach is
> wrong.
>
> Your response is comical, because it does not in any way
> refute my assertion that a program tried to access the Internet
> or that it arises out of XP service pack 2. As you yourself said,
> you should not shoot first and ask questions later, but this is
> what you have done, because you have not refuted the substance
> of my argument, but you have only nitpickingly accused me of making
> an error, which is childish of you. May I ask how old you are?

Ah yes, you just experienced the Erik Funkenbusch shuffle all over again.

I use open source and free privoxy http://www.privoxy.org
I set up windopes IE to use 127.0.0.1:8118 after privoxy
is installed to route all the http internet traffic through it.

Then in the user.actions file, I put in the banned section
all the IP addresses that I do not want programs to make
outgoing calls to. Privoxy keeps a log of all web accesses
so you can see some of the software making home calls.

Mind you, you do have the commercial software
zone alarm, and it does block stuff to order.
So my privoxy is somewhat redundant in your case,
but if others don't have zone alarm
then privoxy is the way to go.
Privoxy also filters out the ads and popus, so it greatly speeds up
web surfing experience anyway.