Information

IE-SPYAD for ZonedOut contains a set of Internet Explorer "Restricted sites" lists for use with ZonedOut, a free Internet Explorer zone management utility:
http://www.funkytoad.com/index.php?o...d=15&Itemid=33
ZonedOut automates the process of loading the IE-SPYAD sites list into Internet Explorer's Restricted sites zone. In order to use the Restricted sites lists included in this package, you must download and use ZonedOut.

Like the "original" IE-SPYAD (which has been "retired" and is no longer available), IE-SPYAD for ZonedOut adds a long list of sites and domains associated with known advertisers, marketers, and crapware pushers to the Restricted sites zone of Internet Explorer. Once you merge this list of sites and domains into the Registry, the web sites for these companies will not be able to use cookies, ActiveX controls, Java applets, or scripting to compromise your privacy or your PC while you surf the Net. Nor will they be able to use your browser to push unwanted pop-ups, cookies, or auto-installing programs on your PC.

Please note that IE-SPYAD for ZonedOut is not an ad blocker. It cannot cause Internet Explorer to start blocking standard banner ads. You will still see most banner ads. IE-SPYAD merely enables Internet Explorer to impose limits on what advertisers, marketers, and crapware pushers can do with your web browser. For example, IE-SPYAD will:

* STOP UNWANTED CRAPWARE from being installed behind your back via "drive-
by-downloads";

* PREVENT THE HIJACKING OF YOUR HOME PAGE and other key Internet Explorer
settings;

* SHUT DOWN ACTIVEX, JAVA, AND SCRIPTING, all of which can be employed to
push obnoxious advertising on you and compromise your privacy and security;

* BLOCK COOKIES, which can be used to monitor and track your travels around
the Internet;

* COMBAT OBNOXIOUS SCRIPT-BASED POPUPS that clutter your screen and force
unwanted advertising on you.

These Restricted sites lists are based in part on info from discussions in major anti-spyware forums, the latest updates to well-known anti-crapware programs, other crapware reference sites, and the latest updates to publicly available HOSTS files.

Compatibility

This Restricted Sites list can be used with the following versions of Internet Explorer:

Internet Explorer 8.0 (see note below)
Internet Explorer 7.0
Internet Explorer 6.0 (incl. SP1 & SP2)
Internet Explorer 5.5 (incl. SP1 & SP2)
Internet Explorer 5.01 (incl. SP1 & SP2)
Internet Explorer 5.0
Internet Explorer 4.01 (incl. SP1 & SP2)
Internet Explorer 4.0

These Restricted sites lists work only with Internet Explorer; they will have no effect whatsoever on Opera, Mozilla, Netscape 6.0/7.0, or the older Netscape Navigator/Communicator.

As noted earlier, in order to load these Restricted sites lists into your Internet Explorer Restricted sites zone, you must use ZonedOut, an Internet Explorer zone management utility available for free from FunkyToad:

http://www.funkytoad.com/index.php?o...d=15&Itemid=33

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Note on Internet Explorer 8.0
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Early versions of Internet Explorer 8.0 had stability/performance issues with large numbers of domains loaded in the Restricted Sites zone. Those issues are now resolved. With the release of the June 2009 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8.0, large Restricted Sites lists such as IE-SPYAD can be used with the Internet Explorer 8.0. See:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../MS09-019.mspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200....aspx#comments