Help prevent spyware in Internet Explorer with the Spyware Shooter file

DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
edited February 2005 in Science & Tech
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Spyware Shooter Last Updated: 05 May 2005


What is Spyware Shooter?

Spyware Shooter is a free download that will block spyware from downloading off the Internet. The purpose of Spyware Shooter is to block downloading from malicious web pages, reducing the risk of spyware, adware, or hijackers. Spyware Shooter is 100% safe, and will only block malicious sites. NOTE: Spyware Shooter does not add any protection to Firefox or other alternative browsers, it is designed to work with Internet Explorer only.


How do you use Spyware Shooter?

Simply double-click the SpywareShooter.reg file, and click YES to add it to your Registry. You may also right-click the file and select MERGE to add the data to your Registry.

Check this page regularly to see if the Spyware Shooter file has been updated. The date of the most recent update will be posted at the top of this page. When the file has been updated, simply download it again, and double-click it. It will ignore the entires already in your registry, and add any new entries to give you new protection.


How does Spyware Shooter Work?


Spyware Shooter is a ".reg" file. This is sometimes known as a "reg hack", a file which adds information directly to your Windows Registry. The Windows Registry is part of the "back-end" of the operating system, a place where a majority of system settings and options are saved.

The Spyware Shooter .reg file will add entries to the section of your Registry that tells Internet Explorer if sites are good or bad (Trusted Sites and Restricted Sites.) The Spyware Shooter file contains information about thousands of "known bad sites" - sites which may infect your system with spyware, adware or other malicious programs. By marking these sites as Restricted, Internet Explorer will treat these sites with a higher security level. It will block cookies, downloads and ActiveX scripts from running from these sites. This will help prevent automatic installation of spyware from any of these known bad sites.

The Spyware Shooter file is a PREVENTATIVE MEASURE. It cannot fix any spyware problems already on your computer. If you think you have spyware problems, please visit http://www.short-media.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=57 to get assistance from experienced anti-spyware users.

The Spyware Shooter file does not prevent all spyware from infecting your system, but it will help keep many known bad sites from ever loading up and doing damage. We recommend you visit http://www.short-media.com to get anti-spyware articles and software to help keep your system clean.

The Spyware Shooter.reg file was developed independently by a Short-Media.com user who uses the same nickname - Spyware Shooter. He is a member of the Short-Media.com Spyware/Virus/Trojan "SWAT Team" and an experienced spyware hunter. "SS" (as he is known to regular Short-Media.com users) dedicates his own time and effort to maintain and update the Spyware Shooter restricted sites database. We thank SS for this tremendous effort to help users keep their computers free from spyware and protected from malicious websites. Thanks SS! :thumbsup:

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