Re: Content Advisor - blank entry

From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:55:59 -0600

"miikka" <miikka@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:40E3B73E-0DDF-4714-BF81-33EB375A7828@microsoft.com
> Hi,
> I have Windows98 and IE6 on my Kids PC. I turned the content advisor
> on and approved some sites that the kids can surf safely. After a
> while I noticed that the system allows any site to be visited, even
> if the site is blocked in the list.
>
> The content advisor approved list had got a blank entry, which
> probably causes this behaviour. I have tried to delete the blank
> entry, but it keeps coming back instantly. I have run all the latest
> spyware & virus software and the machine should be clean. When I
> deleted the ratings.pol -file and created the approved list from
> scratch, the system started to work properly and the blank entry
> stayed away for a few days, but now the problem has come back. Anyone
> know how to get rid of this blank entry in the content advisors
> approved list?
>
> Regards,
> Miikka

First eliminate any spyware.
What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx

CAUTION!!!!! Before you try to remove spyware using any of these programs ,
download a copy of LSPFIX from any of the following sites:
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
(if your OS is Win2k or XP) The process of removing certain malware may kill
your internet connection. If this should occur, this program, LSPFIX, will
enable you to regain your connection.

See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function
before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do
than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.

See also:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&DisplayLang=en
for the new Microsoft program which was previously released by Giant
Software.

See this link for information about malware:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/malware.ars

If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread. 

-- 
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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