JSngry Posted July 11, 2004 Report Posted July 11, 2004 What exactly does this do, and is there any risk of performance disruption as a result of using it? As always, thanks in advance. Quote
couw Posted July 11, 2004 Report Posted July 11, 2004 (edited) from the help files: Beginning from version 1.2, Spybot-S&D allows you to immunize your computer against some spyware. It currently offers three different immunities: Permanent Internet Explorer immunity Similar to JavaCools SpywareBlaster, this allows you to tweak some internal Internet Explorer settings to block the installation of known spyware (and similar threats) installers. Spybot-S&D is able to set all entries for those that are in its database to be blocked. If you want to distinguish, you should install SpywareBlaster. Permanently running bad download blocker for Internet Explorer This is a second layer of protection for IE. While the Permanent Immunity blocks installers by their ActiveX ID, this one blocks anything that should come through by different aspects. You can view a log of blocked installers in the Tools / Resident section. Permanent Opera immunity This list shows all Opera profiles, and how many of the plugins that Spybot-S&D knows as bad are already blocked in each profile. To set the complete protection, just tick the checkbox in front of the profile you want to protect. To remove the protection, untick the checkbox. Not many browser plugins are currently working for Opera, but the try to install some may crash Opera, and ActiveX support for Opera is available in third-party beta software, so use this function as a pre-caution against future misuse of Opera through spyware. so, basically it blocks some ActiveX processes that are known to be malicious or too Big Brother to feel very comfortable with. I don't use IE, but have immunized and haven't noticed much when occassionally using IE. IE doesn't perform that well with my firewall settings anyhow I have noticed. Edited July 11, 2004 by couw Quote
RDK Posted July 11, 2004 Report Posted July 11, 2004 I've been using it for a month or so with no ill effects. It comes highly recommended. I can't say that it actually "does" anything since it tends to passively block the bugs, but I haven't been infected since then either... Quote
JSngry Posted July 11, 2004 Author Report Posted July 11, 2004 Thanks, guys. This is what I needed to find out! Quote
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