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twinspan · 10-04-02, 03:12 AM

I've been running Grok almost 24/7 lately and am not getting any of these self-installing progs.

NOTE: I keep IE's security levels insanely high for the Internet Zone (Tools > Internet Options > Security > Internet Zone > Highest, then Custom and disable everything. EVERYTHING. Active Scripting, File Download, Active X, the full monty)

As Kazaa/Grok rely on IE and its settings, they can't pull any shit on you if you do this. I never even knew Grok caused pop-ups until one time I'd enabled Active Scripting and forgot to turn it back off.

For ordinary surfing, I use Opera now, which isn't disabled by these settings and seems to be immune to all these self-installing progs, Browser Helper Objects etc. (When still using IE, I'd add particular sites to my Trusted Zone so they wouldn't be too hampered. But even then I keep a lot of options disabled in Trusted Zone too).

10-04-02, 03:12 AM	#11
twinspan - a rascal - Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: for security reasons, never the same as the President's Posts: 759	I've been running Grok almost 24/7 lately and am not getting any of these self-installing progs. NOTE: I keep IE's security levels insanely high for the Internet Zone (Tools > Internet Options > Security > Internet Zone > Highest, then Custom and disable everything. EVERYTHING. Active Scripting, File Download, Active X, the full monty) As Kazaa/Grok rely on IE and its settings, they can't pull any shit on you if you do this. I never even knew Grok caused pop-ups until one time I'd enabled Active Scripting and forgot to turn it back off. For ordinary surfing, I use Opera now, which isn't disabled by these settings and seems to be immune to all these self-installing progs, Browser Helper Objects etc. (When still using IE, I'd add particular sites to my Trusted Zone so they wouldn't be too hampered. But even then I keep a lot of options disabled in Trusted Zone too).