spybot question
 

just tried to go to sky news website , and spybot wont let me , even if i click on ok i cant get there :erm:

Re: spybot question
 

Looks like it:
a) Blocked an ActiveX spyware control
b) Blocked a dodgy cookie

Re: spybot question
 

but surely sky shouldnt have a problem like this should they :( , can someone else who is running spybot give it a go for me :)

Re: spybot question
 

Spybot never popped up for me.

Re: spybot question
 

Dunno, you could already have that spyware somewhere on your system.
I'm no IE expert any more but I believe some spyware hijacks your browser to overlay their (different) ads on websites.

Re: spybot question
 

Try manually removing Spybot's blocking, and then reimmunise your PC.

In IE...

Tools... Internet Options... [Privacy] Click "Edit" Click "Remove all"
Tools... Internet Options... [Security] Click "Restricted sites" Click "Sites" Remove all the sites

Sometimes the lists get sort of corrupted.

Re: spybot question
 

no good , thanks anyway :tu:

Re: spybot question
 

No problems here - spybot user.

Re: spybot question
 

I just tried it with v1.3 of Spybot as well as the new v1.4 - no problems, though, sorry Paul - however, I only had 'teatimer' on, not the IE bad site blocker tool.

Re: spybot question
 

Loaded fine here with all protection in place. Have you anything else installed that might be working in tandem with or interfering with Spybot? I take it you updated to 1.4, did you do a clean install or over the top as there were warnings that it could cause problems (no details though :( )
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What's the URL it's whining about at the bottom of the browser window?
Must admit it did try to load 9 cookies in the background :erm:

Re: spybot question
 

Yeah - when I access the site, the zone is "mixed" and several cookies are blocked, including the one in Paul's screenshot. Methinks something is amiss with Spybot. Remove it completely and manually remove the protection, then reinstall. Not using SpywareBlaster too?

Re: spybot question
 

doing it now , not useing spywareblaster :(

Re: spybot question
 

Have you made sure zone alarm isn't interfering too? I had a similar problem with certain sites that tried to flood your system with cookies, seems sometimes if a page tries to throw too much junk at you the protective tools kick in and give up trying to control it and block it completely instead lol

Re: spybot question
 

i have removed s&d and reinstalled it , everything is fine now :confused:

Re: spybot question
 

Now we know why on Majorgeeks they were saying to install it clean lol ;)

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thing is i cant recall going upto ver 1.4 :confused: :D :D :D

Re: spybot question
 

That message in the screenshot I'd seen before - the manual remove and reimmunise fixed it that time. I think it was after an upgrade but I can't remember. The upgrade process needs a little work methinks, but it's difficult: the areas of IE configuration Spybot alters are accessible to the user too. So if Spybot simply wiped these areas on upgrade, it may well be removing user-added URLs too.

I tend to clean install rather than upgrade. The only occasions when I don't are when configuration settings will be lost - but that's usually rare. Most programs leave behind configuration files - or give the option to.