eburger68
April 10th, 2002, 02:44 AM
Have you just about had it with sneaky spyware installations, pesky third-party cookies from big advertisers and marketers, and the unending blizzard of popups and popunders from web sites? Haven't you really had just about enough of these obnoxious, invasive practices that violate your privacy?
Then it's time you said, "Enough is Enough!"
Enough is Enough! is a lockdown utility for Internet Explorer 5 and 6. When you install Enough is Enough!, it will:
* Lock down your Internet and Restricted sites zones with restrictive settings for dangerous options like ActiveX, Java, scripting, and a few others.
* Severely restrict the use of cookies (but not completely disable them for trusted web sites or for single session use).
* Disable AutoComplete and the Profile Assistant, and clear existing AutoComplete data.
* Disable several Advanced settings, including Install on Demand and Third-party Browser Extensions.
* Install Microsoft's IE PowerTweaks WebZone Accessory, putting two new options on your Tools menu: "Add to Trusted Zone" and "Add to Restricted Zone."
See the ReadMe for complete details on the settings Enough is Enough! configures for Internet Explorer.
You can download Enough is Enough! here:
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/enough.zip
- or -
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/enough.exe
You can peruse the full ReadMe.txt for Enough is Enough! here:
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/enough.txt
With these new Internet Explorer settings you will be protected from the more dangerous elements of the web without having to worry about putting known nasties into your Restricted sites zone. You'll be protected from rogue crapware installations (e.g., Gator, BonziBuddy, Lop.com, and the like). You won't be accepting cookies from direct marketing outfits who seek to monitor and track your travels around the Net. You'll also put an end to annoying, useless popups at most sites by default.
In short, Internet Explorer will start behaving as YOU want it to behave, not as direct marketers and spyware pushers want it to behave. What you do with Enough is Enough! is enforce your very own "opt-in" policy: no web sites get to use permanent cookies, ActiveX, Java, JavaScript and other dangerous Internet Explorer options until you explicitly give them the go-ahead by putting those sites into your Trusted zone.
** Caution! **
A word of warning: the severely restrictive IE settings that Enough is Enough! uses will break many web sites until you add them to your Trusted sites zone.
Keep in mind that you can always tweak IE's settings through the Internet Options box after installing Enough is Enough!
And of course, Enough is Enough! installs Microsoft's Power Tweaks WebZone Accessory so that you can quickly and conveniently add sites you visit frequently (and which require permanent cookies or certain active content) to the Trusted sites zone.
** More than Enough? **
Enough is Enough! isn't for everyone, however. If taking the time to add sites to your Trusted sites zone is too inconvenient and frustrating for you to deal with, then Enough is Enough! might be "more than enough" for you -- it might be too much.
There are also several uninstallation options, so you're not stuck with Enough is Enough! by any means, should you decide that it's not for you (see the "Uninstallation" section below for more details).
If Enough is Enough! isn't for you, you might consider downloading and installing IE-SPYAD. IE-SPYAD will add a long list of known advertisers, marketers, and crapware pushers to your Restricted zone, giving you a large measure of protection from the nastier elements of the web while still allowing you to keep your Internet zone settings fairly loose.
You can download IE-SPYAD here:
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm
Note that Enough is Enough! doesn't have its own page on my web site yet. I wanted to see how useful folks thought it was before I made it available for general download. So, I'd appreciate any comments, questions, or other feedback you might have.
All the best,
Eric L. Howes
eburger68@myrealbox.com
Then it's time you said, "Enough is Enough!"
Enough is Enough! is a lockdown utility for Internet Explorer 5 and 6. When you install Enough is Enough!, it will:
* Lock down your Internet and Restricted sites zones with restrictive settings for dangerous options like ActiveX, Java, scripting, and a few others.
* Severely restrict the use of cookies (but not completely disable them for trusted web sites or for single session use).
* Disable AutoComplete and the Profile Assistant, and clear existing AutoComplete data.
* Disable several Advanced settings, including Install on Demand and Third-party Browser Extensions.
* Install Microsoft's IE PowerTweaks WebZone Accessory, putting two new options on your Tools menu: "Add to Trusted Zone" and "Add to Restricted Zone."
See the ReadMe for complete details on the settings Enough is Enough! configures for Internet Explorer.
You can download Enough is Enough! here:
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/enough.zip
- or -
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/enough.exe
You can peruse the full ReadMe.txt for Enough is Enough! here:
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/enough.txt
With these new Internet Explorer settings you will be protected from the more dangerous elements of the web without having to worry about putting known nasties into your Restricted sites zone. You'll be protected from rogue crapware installations (e.g., Gator, BonziBuddy, Lop.com, and the like). You won't be accepting cookies from direct marketing outfits who seek to monitor and track your travels around the Net. You'll also put an end to annoying, useless popups at most sites by default.
In short, Internet Explorer will start behaving as YOU want it to behave, not as direct marketers and spyware pushers want it to behave. What you do with Enough is Enough! is enforce your very own "opt-in" policy: no web sites get to use permanent cookies, ActiveX, Java, JavaScript and other dangerous Internet Explorer options until you explicitly give them the go-ahead by putting those sites into your Trusted zone.
** Caution! **
A word of warning: the severely restrictive IE settings that Enough is Enough! uses will break many web sites until you add them to your Trusted sites zone.
Keep in mind that you can always tweak IE's settings through the Internet Options box after installing Enough is Enough!
And of course, Enough is Enough! installs Microsoft's Power Tweaks WebZone Accessory so that you can quickly and conveniently add sites you visit frequently (and which require permanent cookies or certain active content) to the Trusted sites zone.
** More than Enough? **
Enough is Enough! isn't for everyone, however. If taking the time to add sites to your Trusted sites zone is too inconvenient and frustrating for you to deal with, then Enough is Enough! might be "more than enough" for you -- it might be too much.
There are also several uninstallation options, so you're not stuck with Enough is Enough! by any means, should you decide that it's not for you (see the "Uninstallation" section below for more details).
If Enough is Enough! isn't for you, you might consider downloading and installing IE-SPYAD. IE-SPYAD will add a long list of known advertisers, marketers, and crapware pushers to your Restricted zone, giving you a large measure of protection from the nastier elements of the web while still allowing you to keep your Internet zone settings fairly loose.
You can download IE-SPYAD here:
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm
Note that Enough is Enough! doesn't have its own page on my web site yet. I wanted to see how useful folks thought it was before I made it available for general download. So, I'd appreciate any comments, questions, or other feedback you might have.
All the best,
Eric L. Howes
eburger68@myrealbox.com