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<blockquote data-quote="2old4this" data-source="post: 19788" data-attributes="member: 174998"><p>Only other precaution I can advise is this: when/if you get screens popping up which you did not expect and which require a response (typically require you to hit a yes or a cancel button), don't hit any of the buttons. Close the screen using the "x" at top right. This avoids inadvertently hitting the "wrong" choice in the case of foreign-language prompts, and also circumvents the risk of the question having been deliberately misleading. It *is* possible that in closing down a box, some other window or process will be started anyway, but most such underhand activities will be blocked by a good popup-killer and firewall.</p><p></p><p>Be aware that popup killers can not easily distinguish between "good" popups and "bad" ones. So if you leave it active, you may be preventing"good" ones as well - this may (eg) prevent certain info screens appearing from certain websites, and can even prevent online bookings/purchases if they use popups. I find I have to regularly disable mine to get around such problems (the re-enable it after I've completed the desired action).</p><p></p><p>Zone-Alarm also takes some setting up to use effectively. One must separately authorise programs to access the web or act as servers. I once had a virus attack, and although Norton repaired the damage, it did so by "disinfecting" the infected programs. IE it removed the bits of viral code from the executables. Next time I tried to use email, browser, etc., the firewall blocked the access as it now detected that the exes were not the same as had originally been authorized. </p><p></p><p>All in all, it becomes quite an administrative overhead trying to keep on top of things. And let's not even talk about adware...</p><p></p><p>2old</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2old4this, post: 19788, member: 174998"] Only other precaution I can advise is this: when/if you get screens popping up which you did not expect and which require a response (typically require you to hit a yes or a cancel button), don't hit any of the buttons. Close the screen using the "x" at top right. This avoids inadvertently hitting the "wrong" choice in the case of foreign-language prompts, and also circumvents the risk of the question having been deliberately misleading. It *is* possible that in closing down a box, some other window or process will be started anyway, but most such underhand activities will be blocked by a good popup-killer and firewall. Be aware that popup killers can not easily distinguish between "good" popups and "bad" ones. So if you leave it active, you may be preventing"good" ones as well - this may (eg) prevent certain info screens appearing from certain websites, and can even prevent online bookings/purchases if they use popups. I find I have to regularly disable mine to get around such problems (the re-enable it after I've completed the desired action). Zone-Alarm also takes some setting up to use effectively. One must separately authorise programs to access the web or act as servers. I once had a virus attack, and although Norton repaired the damage, it did so by "disinfecting" the infected programs. IE it removed the bits of viral code from the executables. Next time I tried to use email, browser, etc., the firewall blocked the access as it now detected that the exes were not the same as had originally been authorized. All in all, it becomes quite an administrative overhead trying to keep on top of things. And let's not even talk about adware... 2old [/QUOTE]
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