Re: How to Secure Your Browsers from Malicous Hackers

From: Bill Sanderson (Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org)
Date: 02/06/03 

From: "Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:55:50 -0500

We get a variety of folks here, but a very large number of them don't know
their jdbgmgr from their......

Posting a .REG file would be a no-no, just as any attachment generally is.

Clipping from a post is certainly something I've done--and yours was very
carefully described--but it isn't something I'd want to recommend to the
world--just too many chances of something going wrong, I think, and too hard
to fix via newsgroup posts.

For this one, I'd prefer to say add it to the restricted sites list (but,
frankly, I don't know the step-by-step on that one--perhaps I better find
out!)

"alan" <alan@alan.alan> wrote in message
news:ySv0a.60628$dd1.2864459@news0.telusplanet.net...
>
> "Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org> wrote in message
> news:udSUXSZzCHA.2232@TK2MSFTNGP09...
> > I've seen the manual version of that fix recommended by knowledgable
> folks.
> >
> > That'll be useful here, I think although use of such a file probably
> > isn't
> > recommended for novices.
>
> I regularly put such regestry fixes in a private area of my web site
> for friends, family, and clients to "open" directly from source.
> Figure it's a lot safer than telling them to go run > regedit > etc.
> Wouldn't include anything I didn't know for sure was safe,
> and always include an "undo".
> I realize I'm putting it on the line, but it's all people I know.
>
> But if you meant having them create the file from a post such as this,
> then running it, I agree, I wouldn't recommend it for novices either,
> unless they're of the experiment and learn type.
> A
>
>
>
>
> > "alan" <alan@alan.alan> wrote in message
> > news:qId0a.117603$Ui4.3853845@news1.telusplanet.net...
> > > Re .. securing your browser
> > > Picked up a tid-bit off the grc news group re:the current xupiter
> > > problem...
> > > don't know about the ethics of re-posting someone elses words
> > > but here goes...
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> QUOTE
> > > Here's another xupiter fix, save this as a .REG file (Internet
> > > Settings
> > > contains a space):
> > > -----------------------
> > > REGEDIT4
> > >
> > > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> > > Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\xupiter.com]
> > > "*"=dword:00000004
> > > -----------------------
> > > This puts *.xupiter.com in the internet restricted zone, and stops the
> > > install from happening. I put that registry entry in a login script
> > > for
> > > the thousand or so PCs we take care of, and also block all xupiter
> > > access at the firewall.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> end QUOTE
> > > NOTE ... between the "[ ]" must be on a single line.
> > > staying on top of things seems to be the best line of defense.
> > > A
> > >
> > >
> > > "Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org> wrote in message
> > > news:O2y1g$TzCHA.2712@TK2MSFTNGP12...
> > > > Issues relating to somebody sometime hitting a porn site seem to be
> very
> > > > high on the statistics here and in the virus forum--perhaps just
> > > > after
> > > > jdbgmgr and OE attachment settings!
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

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