Blocking addware cookies

[Avast Eagle]

Whats the most efficient/fast way to block around 56 cookies urls
instead of teling avast to block them one by one?

If there isnt a faster way i dont mind, its still not much waste of time xD

[Jtaylor83]

what browser are you using?

[Avast Eagle]

I use IE7 normaly yet to surf the net and have Firefox to check my websites code in it.

I use Super Anti Spyware to scan sometimes and he normaly shows me interesting cookies i would love to start blocking.

[Jtaylor83]

To block third party cookies.

For IE: Go to Tools> Click on Internet Options > click on the Privacy tab > set the bar to Medium High or High > Click Apply > Click OK.

For Firefox: Go to Tools > Options > Privacy > uncheck accept third party cookies > click OK.

I also suggest SpywareBlaster.

[Avast Eagle]

Thank you very much, didnt know about SpywareBlaster.

[polonus]

If one uses the Firefox or Flock browser, a good extension to regulate your Cookies is CS Lite:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5207

polonus

[Lisandro]

If one uses the Firefox or Flock browser, a good extension to regulate your Cookies is CS Lite:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5207

Fully agree
Do you have any special configuration of it to improve security, Polonus?

[YoKenny]

Have a look at:
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm <== it works for all browsers.

[Avast Eagle]

Do you think Spybot Search and Destroy still useful for blocking bad web pages while having SpywareBlaster?

[polonus]

Hi Otaku Ichise,

I still have clung to SpywareBlaster, but for Spyware S&D I now have MBAM and SAS.
In certain respects this using a host file does not work out sometimes, for instance Google Chrome also does not appear to use your host file. Google is checking with it’s own DNS server instead of going off of your hosts file.
Codeandcoffee say: "Why is this a big deal? For developers. We have a sandbox server that we use to build websites before they are rolled out. We direct our domains to these servers with our hosts files. Chrome never allows us to get to our sandbox servers via our host file." link: http://www.codeandcoffee.com/2008/11/03/google-chrome-does-not-use-your-host-file/
That is why I use SRWare's Iron in stead of GoogleChrome.
I like the way the old SpywareBlaster places thousands of sites in the Internet Zone with restricted access.
And the block list for Flock and also for ad/tracking cookies,
But in some sense blacklisting and host lists are good, I use this in my Flock firekeeper ids: Malware Patrol - Block List - http://www.malwarepatrol.net
#   List for FireKeeper
#   Generated at: 20090108201647 UTC
NoScript is also preventing a lot of connecting to malware vectors wherever you may go, as is using link checking like WOT, finjan, and Scandoo.com, but I agree there is a lot of ill weed out there, folks, and you two know it "Ill weed grows ......",

polonus

[Avast Eagle]

Yes i agree SpyBot SD not worthy to scan system at all, only was seeing if it it even was useful for blocking websites, but i gess SpyBlaster does do the job perfectly well on that by now.

About Google i never installed nothing of it, i only use the search engine of google and nothing more, theres no single anything from google i ever acepted to install nor from any search engine website eitheir 

Edit: Altough im web developer im still a litle noob about security (in deep knowledge that is) but in time im sure i can learn with you all and i will be happy to
And would love to post my site here for avast team to view it http://otakushrine.elementfx.com/
Once tryed to advertise to avast but the system didnt like much the content in it maybe xD and was denyed.

[polonus]

Hi Otaku Ichise,

You are quick on the uptake, so you will learn all these things in time by visiting these forums often, and you will be able to both protect your computer and your beautiful website. Who is doing the artwork there? That isn't you, I guess. Are you of Japanese origin. somehow? "Nihon iti!".

polonus

[CharleyO]

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It is a very nice looking web site. Well done, Otaku!   


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[Avast Eagle]

Yup im not an artist, just a webdesigner that knows Photshop/ Html/CSS and few reference of javascript xD