I decided to uninstall SpwareBlaster from my system. I really don't have any use for it, because i use Opera, and on IE, i allow ActiveX only for trusted sites. Also don't allow 3rd-party cookies.
I first disabled all protection from SB and then uninstalled it using the program own uninstaller. After that i checked the registry and those entries created by SB were still there. Well i rebooted, but after that those entries ARE STILL THERE. Aint SB create entries here:
I decided to uninstall SpwareBlaster from my system. I really don't have any use for it, because i use Opera, and on IE, i allow ActiveX only for trusted sites. Also don't allow 3rd-party cookies.
I first disabled all protection from SB and then uninstalled it using the program own uninstaller. After that i checked the registry and those entries created by SB were still there. Well i rebooted, but after that those entries ARE STILL THERE. Aint SB create entries here:
I decided to uninstall SpwareBlaster from my system. I really don't have any use for it, because i use Opera, and on IE, i allow ActiveX only for trusted sites. Also don't allow 3rd-party cookies.
Why bother?
SpywareBlaster does not consume any system resources and because IE is really embedded in Windows it is best to leave its protection enabled.
Well, my Spybot immunize feature is disabled. I can't think of any other app, that could create those entries.
You may have at sometime in the past. I put some in not knowing what it would do when I was learning. Of course I had to remove them as they were to MS.
You may have at sometime in the past. I put some in not knowing what it would do when I was learning. Of course I had to remove them as they were to MS.
davey
Is there a fast way to remove them? Can i delete the whole 'ActiveX Compatibility' key and then recreate it?
Yeah, but i just basicly have not any just for it, since i don't allow ActiveX on IE, except for very trusted sites. But i don't even use IE as my default browser, i use opera and JS is disabled. 3rd-party cookies on both browsers are disabled. + i use Ad-blocker program.
Yeah, but i just basicly have not any just for it, since i don't allow ActiveX on IE, except for very trusted sites. But i don't even use IE as my default browser, i use opera and JS is disabled. 3rd-party cookies on both browsers are disabled. + i use Ad-blocker program.
If it is an ActiveX issue just use Tools > Internet Options > Programs > Manage Add-ons and turn off what you would like.
If it is just sites being marked then Remove them under Privacy or Security.
I have a relatively slow or limited PC but I use whatever I can to keep out "The Bad Guys".
Did you go here and get updated plus I got some free ActiveX tools
Soon Microsoft may do the same with their ActiveX killbits to protect Windows, see here.
I personally wouldn't care if SB bloated the registry with those killbits, blocked sites, etc., because it's just going to stop something malicious at some point from getting through that installed resident software may or may not properly detect and deal with. I'd rather not get an infection versus cleaning it up after the fact.
How the heck i can get rid of those 'ActiveX Compatibility' entries SB created?
Your guess is as good as mine. I always thought disabling them would cause them to be removed from the registry.
The only other guess I can come up with is if you have some resident software firewall, antivirus, antimalware, etc., that's perhaps protecting the registry or Internet Explorer's settings. I don't know if it's a registry permissions problem either, so maybe right click on of those keys and select Permission to see what it's set at.
I installed SB again and then enabled/disabled the protection, but still no joy. I tried those permission things, but wasn't able to get rid of those ActiveX Compatibility entries. Well, what to heck, since it seems i'm stuck with them, i keep my SB protection after all.
All SpywareBlaster does is add Compatibility Flags REG_DWORD Hexadecimal value 400 to the registry which means an ActiveX kill bit has been set against that partial CLSID #
If you have run Spybot S&D Immunize or SpywareBlaster Immunize at least one time then all those registry entries will be there and maybe Windows insists that they should be there.
I first disabled all protection from SB and then uninstalled it using the program own uninstaller. After that i checked the registry and those entries created by SB were still there. Well i rebooted, but after that those entries ARE STILL THERE. Aint SB create entries here:
When disabling protection for a given CLSID, SpywareBlaster only removes the "Compatibility Flags" string value of the subkey in question, not the subkey itself, in case you might want to re-enable it afterwards.
If this bothers you, yes, you can remove the entire "ActiveX Compatibility" subkey, then recreate an empty one afterwards
When disabling protection for a given CLSID, SpywareBlaster only removes the "Compatibility Flags" string value of the subkey in question, not the subkey itself, in case you might want to re-enable it afterwards.
I don't like that it leaves stuff behind like that, even after SB is uninstalled.
I have many entries there without any values on them, like many bonzibuddy entries.