IE7 blacklist

[JTsyo]

Is there a blacklist of IE7? There're certain sites that connect and offer virus protection and refuse to close. Think one of the sites is infected.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: JTsyo
Is there a blacklist of IE7? There're certain sites that connect and offer virus protection and refuse to close. Think one of the sites is infected.

It's possible that you're visiting a site that's promoting "fraudware," yeah. They're very, very common.

If I understood your first sentence correctly, you'd like to blacklist those fraudware scam sites. There's no perfect approach to that. As a starting point, you could try Spybot Search & Destroy, which can "immunize" against known sites... but more are constantly being created. You'll need to update and re-immunize periodically, or else schedule Spybot to do that itself.

Also consider updating to IE8, and enable the SmartScreen filter by clicking Safety > SmartScreen Filter > Turn On SmartScreen Filter. This enables filtering of known malicious sites. Again, not a perfect solution, but a help.

If you want to get all carried away, this narrated video will show you how to shut down scripting on all sites you haven't explicitly whitelisted by adding them to Trusted Zone. Very powerful, but also a double-edged sword that will take some work on your part to maintain usability of the sites you do want to use in a normal fashion.

 

[JTsyo]

Yea, I use no script with FF but I'm afraid something like that wouldn't work well for the wife's computer, where the trouble is. I'll try out the Spybot S&D, thax.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: JTsyo
Yea, I use no script with FF but I'm afraid something like that wouldn't work well for the wife's computer, where the trouble is. I'll try out the Spybot S&D, thax.

I see. You might want to look at these other security steps too: http://www.mechbgon.com/security

 

[Iron Woode]

Spyware Blaster will also create a blacklist for your browsers.

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

 

[tiggers]

Drweb has a nice browser plugin for scanning.

http://www.freedrweb.com/browser/

 

[MichaelD]

I swear by Spybot S&D. I let it immunize my Blocked Sites in IE and very rarely have an issue...in fact it's been a couple of years at least since I hit a bad page. That said, I stay away from warez sites and I don't torrent either. I update Spybot S&D several times per week as well; it's only as good as it's latest definition file.