
SpywareBlaster problem
#1
Posted 22 July 2004 - 09:40 AM
each time I open SpywareBlaster, it shows 209 unprotected items for Mozilla Firefox.
I then Enable all Protection, it now shows Firefox as protected, yet if I close & reopen SpywareBlaster, I am back to square one...???
#2
Posted 22 July 2004 - 10:00 AM
SpywareBlaster blocks bad ActiveX - and can have no effect at all on Firefox. It is excellent protection to add for IE, though.
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#3
Posted 22 July 2004 - 10:25 AM
This would help if you have cookies allowed in firefox. I have cookies disabled and exceptions allowed, such as this site.
You get the unprotected message because "prevent spyware/tracking cookies" is checked, but the blocklist items are all unchecked as disallowed.
In the protection tab, click moxilla/firefox in the upper right side. Right click any blocklist item and choose select all, click "protect against checked items"
#4
Posted 22 July 2004 - 01:11 PM
Hi JG427,SpywareBlaster can be set to block cookies in firefox from a blocklist of sites such as lop.com.
This would help if you have cookies allowed in firefox. I have cookies disabled and exceptions allowed, such as this site.
You get the unprotected message because "prevent spyware/tracking cookies" is checked, but the blocklist items are all unchecked as disallowed.
In the protection tab, click moxilla/firefox in the upper right side. Right click any blocklist item and choose select all, click "protect against checked items"
in my cookies option, I have those 3 options checked:
cookies enabled, for originating site only, ask for each cookies.
I have but a few allowed in exceptions, like this site.
Before your post, I clicked all blocked itme one by one, by one, by one, by one (Thanks for the right-click trick, didnt knew that one). But still, I select all, click the Protect against selected item, it shows all protection enabled, I close SpywareBlaster, reopen it, & it still shows 209 unprotected item in Firefox....
This is really odd
#6
Posted 22 July 2004 - 03:09 PM
Edit:


Edited by H@ns, 22 July 2004 - 03:09 PM.
#7
Posted 22 July 2004 - 06:10 PM
Edited by Acsell, 22 July 2004 - 06:10 PM.
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#8
Posted 23 July 2004 - 01:19 AM
When at work later on, I will reinstall SB & see if it fixes it...
Tks so far for your support!
#9
Posted 23 July 2004 - 05:42 AM

I have removed SpywareBlaster, reinstalled it, but still the Firefox protection is not holding its setting past closing/reopening the program...
#10
Posted 23 July 2004 - 10:27 AM
#11
Posted 23 July 2004 - 04:02 PM
In xp it's located at C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\profilename\hostperm.1
After you click "protect against", open hostperm.1 with notepad and see if the list is written there as "host cookie 2 100hot.com" etc...
Firefox reads that list and shows it in firefox > options > privacy > execeptions ,site list, listed with a block status.
Sounds like the list is not written to hostperm.1
#12
Posted 24 July 2004 - 10:26 AM
What version of firefox.Hi boys & girls,
each time I open SpywareBlaster, it shows 209 unprotected items for Mozilla Firefox.
I then Enable all Protection, it now shows Firefox as protected, yet if I close & reopen SpywareBlaster, I am back to square one...???
Check, where your profiles are. You didn't happen to be using a 0.8+ nighty before upgrading to 0.9 did you?
#13
Posted 24 July 2004 - 06:59 PM
I have 0.9.2, & that might just be the problem***, as it is newer than the latest SpywareBlaster....I am guessing the next SpywareBlaster update will fix things up.What version of firefox.Hi boys & girls,
each time I open SpywareBlaster, it shows 209 unprotected items for Mozilla Firefox.
I then Enable all Protection, it now shows Firefox as protected, yet if I close & reopen SpywareBlaster, I am back to square one...???
Check, where your profiles are. You didn't happen to be using a 0.8+ nighty before upgrading to 0.9 did you?
***Officially, Firefox offers only 0.9.1 on their own site, I got 0.9.2 as the fix to vulnerability recently discovered.
#14
Posted 24 July 2004 - 07:36 PM
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#15
Posted 24 July 2004 - 07:43 PM
I didn't even know SpywareBlaster protected Firefox. I have 9.2 also. Why does Firefox need protection?
It blocks tracking cookies
SpywareBlaster's Mozilla/Firefox protection provides one main option:
Prevent spyware/tracking cookies-
Blocks cookies that may be used to track your activities, build a profile about your habits, collect information, or uniquely identify you to advertisers.
Mozilla/Firefox Protection should work with Mozilla 1.7 and higher, and Firefox 0.9 and higher.
Edited by Acsell, 24 July 2004 - 07:50 PM.
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#16
Posted 24 July 2004 - 08:20 PM
What version of firefox.
Check, where your profiles are. You didn't happen to be using a 0.8+ nighty before upgrading to 0.9 did you? [/QUOTE]
I have 0.9.2, & that might just be the problem***, as it is newer than the latest SpywareBlaster....I am guessing the next SpywareBlaster update will fix things up.
***Officially, Firefox offers only 0.9.1 on their own site, I got 0.9.2 as the fix to vulnerability recently discovered. [/QUOTE]
No it works fine on 0.9.2.
It all has to do with where your profiles are located. In 0.9.1 and 0.9.2 they are located at the same place, so spywareblaster has no problems with both.
Up to 0.8 it was in Application Data\phoenix
Somewhere between 0.8 to 0.9 it switched to Application Data\Firefox
In 0.9 it switched again to Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
When you migrated from 0.8 to 0.9 directly, your profile would automatically be copied to Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles UNLESS you were using a nigthy. In which case it would remain at Application Data\Firefox but the profiles.ini file would point back at the old location.
That could foul up spywareblaster. Could you check exactly where your profile is?
Of course, I don't know how spywareblaster guesses where the profile is, unless it is via the install.log. You mention that you have 2 indentical builds, were they installed both using the installers or the zipped version?
Edited by Paranoid, 24 July 2004 - 08:22 PM.
#17
Posted 25 July 2004 - 04:22 AM
sorry for missing this question a couple of times; No, no nightly builds for me.
The problem computer is at work, but here at home, my Profile is at both places (!), user name/application data/Mozilla/Firefox/profile and user name/application data/Phoenix/Profile.
#18
Posted 25 July 2004 - 05:42 AM
The 0.9+ installer copies your profile from the old location to the new location. The Phoenix location is no longer needed and can be deleted but the installer does not delete it.my Profile is at both places (!), user name/application data/Mozilla/Firefox/profile and user name/application data/Phoenix/Profile.
The list for blocked or allowed cookies are stored in the profilename\hostperm.1 folder.
#19
Posted 25 July 2004 - 07:01 AM
Again, as with the profile, I have 2 hostperm.1 files, one in username/..., the other in all users/...I checked the firefox profile folder and found the file that SB writes the blocklist to.
In xp it's located at C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\profilename\hostperm.1
After you click "protect against", open hostperm.1 with notepad and see if the list is written there as "host cookie 2 100hot.com" etc...
Firefox reads that list and shows it in firefox > options > privacy > execeptions ,site list, listed with a block status.
Sounds like the list is not written to hostperm.1
The one in username is 18 kb, & list all kinds of cookies, the one in allusers is basically blank.