[dba-Tech] Windows ME Malware problem

Steven,

This is a great example of how this stuff can get out of hand.  Each of
these things sounds like it might be useful.  Taken as a whole it sounds
overwhelming.  Then take into account the fact that I want to block cookies
from this site but I want to allow cookies from that site.  How am I
supposed to administer all these things.  How am I supposed to even
UNDERSTAND all these things?  This is like asking me to adjust the local 727
that I am supposed to be just flying in.  OK, maybe like adjusting the
Cessna that I am just flying in.  Sounds good in theory, but the effects can
be pretty awful.  

It seems to me like you'd need to play with each of these settings, one at a
time, for several days each just so that you could see their effects on
various sites that you know how they should look.  Who has time for that?

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steven W. Erbach
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 8:38 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows ME Malware problem


Jon,

>> It blocks pop-ups. I assume that zonealarm does as well, but I had 
>> google
before zonealarm, so I've never bothered to check :-) <<

The commercial version of ZoneAlarm has an interesting array of privacy
settings. You may:

* block session cookies
* block persistent cookies
* block 3rd party cookies
* disable web bugs
* remove private header information
* force cookie expiration
* block banner/skyscraper ads
* block pop-up/pop-under ads
* block animation
* fill the space of a blocked ad with
  # nothing
  # a box with the word "[AD]"
  # a box that allows the ad to appear upon mouseover
* block javascript
* block vbscript (and others)
* block embedded objects (java, ActiveX)
* block mime-type integrated objects

All of these things may be turned on or off. I still don't understand all
this, but I've certainly seen the effects on certain sites. For example, if
I've got "remove private header information" checked then I can't see many
of the comic strips on comics pages web sites. Pamela sends me a number of
those each week. For a while I couldn't figure out why I couldn't see them.
Turned out to be ZoneAlarm.

I like it. I don't even mind the annual fee.

Regards,

Steve Erbach
Scientific Marketing
Neenah, WI

"IBM had every chance to end the Windows monopoly with OS/2 but shot itself
in the foot, ankle, shin, knee, and hip, reloading each time, before giving
up." - Jerry Pournelle


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