[dba-Tech] Windows ME Malware problem

John,
  everything is more complicated now-a-days.  It used to be that you 
didn't really have to train new users on how to work the antivirus 
dialog screens, it used to be that you didn't have to teach them what 
NOT to open in their email boxes, it used to be that you didn't have to 
worry about "crap" games they would download off the internet, it  
"used" to be...

firewalls (software/hardware) are required software/hardware for pc's 
just like Antivirus software are required parts of having a pc. 

Session cookies, and internet annonimity is not an easy task as you may 
want.  You CAN pay an annonymizer service to help you manage this, but 
now you're talking about paying out THREE annual fees, just so you are 
safe and protected on the internet :)

John W. Colby wrote On 7/28/2004 6:00 AM:

>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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