Restricted sites not restricted

[AN.D.M.A.]

Hi there.

I have been using SpywareBlaster and also IE-SPYAD for a while now but now they don't seem to be working.

I noticed that when I went to a known restricted site, IE no longer displayed the restricted site message at the bottom of the window.

When I checked in my internet options there were no sites listed in the restricted sites list at all, when it used to be full ???

I have enabled all protection in SpywareBlaster but those sites are not restricted.

I have tried uninstalling and re-installing them both but its still the same. Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? Thanx.

[Bubba]

Hey AN.D.M.A.,

Did you happen to switch recently to the IE-Spyad2 version ?

[AN.D.M.A.]

Hiya.

No I'm still using the original. I created a shortcut that links straight to the download of IE-Spyad. I have just checked and it still links to the same version.

I did not know there was another version until reading your reply.

[Bubba]

Thinking out loud here....

What operating system and if NT family(2000,XP)....and as far as you know....have any changes been made that would effect being able to right to the Current_Users reg key.

If you add a site manually to the Restricted Zone of IE and visit that site....does the restricted site message show at the bottom of the window ?

Have you considered repairing IE ?

[AN.D.M.A.]

My operating system is XP SP2. I have recently installed Winpatrol and QuiK-Fix but I am not sure if these would prevent the registry being written to. I don't know exactly when this started happening.

I also have Script Sentry which will stop the registry from being written to. I came up with an error when I tried to merge the IE-Spyad .reg file into the registry manually. I was able bypass Script Sentry but the sites still did not appear in the list.

If I add a site manually to the Restricted Zone of IE then visit that site the restricted site message does appear at the bottom. If I visit a site from the SpywareBlaster restricted list the message doesn't show.

Oh and no I havent tried repairing IE. By that do you mean I would need to re-install it?

[Bubba]

{QUOTE-> My operating system is XP SP2....I also have Script Sentry which will stop the registry from being written to. I came up with an error when I tried to merge the IE-Spyad .reg file into the registry manually. <-QUOTE}Well....I doubt if you need me to tell ya something you have installed is preventing a simple .reg file(IE-Spyad) from merging in to the registry....which in a way is all SpywareBlaster is doing.

As for XP SP2....I'm not knowledgeable of how to repair IE SP2 but I'm sure Google would help.

[AN.D.M.A.]

Ok thanx, I'll have a look on google. I've had Script Sentry for a while and I have not noticed this before. I will try uninstalling that to see if that helps.

[justwondering]

Looks like the same problem as here

http://www.mistered.us/wwwboard/messages/7563.shtml

Qwifix is the culprit.

[AN.D.M.A.]

Thanks I was still looking for a solution ??? Thought I was the only one with this problem!

I've uninstalled QuiKfix but things haven't returned to normal. :-\
I'll try reading through all the posts cos I still don't know if the IE-Spyad sites are restricted.

Cheers for your help :)

[Dave2]

I didnt use qwifix, though i have the same problem after playing around with another tool. I think i figured it out already though.

[Bubba]

{QUOTE-> I didnt use qwifix, though i have the same problem after playing around with another tool. I think i figured it out already though. <-QUOTE}Please do share with us if you don't mind....since any additional aid with some of these problems helps us all ???

[Dave2]

{QUOTE-> Please do share with us if you don't mind....since any additional aid with some of these problems helps us all ??? <-QUOTE}

Well as you surmised it's a matter of reseting the Security_HKLM_only key.

I deleted it, or set it to zero, and all is back to normal.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=182569 helped a lot.