setting "kill bits" to prevent spyware
 

Found a site that has a .reg file that will set ActiveX kill bits to prevent the installation of spyware without interfering with the funtionality of IE (if you use it).

http://www.spywareguide.com/blockfile.php

The .reg file is updated frequently so you might want to bookmark the site. :)

thats pretty cool

Thanks for that. I added it to the downloads section, here. This will save me tons of time whenever I visit Astalavista security sites!

I installed it!

Spy/Ad-Ware is my biggest problem at work. I seem to spend more time fixing problems relating to it more than anything else. I haven't "acid" tested this fix yet but I'm considering setting up a test system just to see how good it really is.

I need to find sites that are bad for installing Spy/Ad-Ware first before I can start testing. Anyone know of any?

hmm... most porn sites... oh.. crack.cd ... whenever you go to download something some exe that must have something bad on it comes up.. before you get ot the right file you're looking for...

yeah i hate them darn "vote for us" things that pop up all the time as well, or the "you must download to continue" crap.

www.javacoolsoftware.com

Prevents it in the first place.

themexp.org includes some crap in every file you DL...