restricted sites zone in IE

Hi,

I was adjusting my security settings in IE 6 and I clicked on "SITES" in the
restricted zone, and there were a bunch of websites, mostly disreputable ones
that I'm not sure how they got there. I didn't put them there. My question is
this: if I remove them will they stay gone forever? I know this sounds silly,
but I really don't know how they ended up in that list, I never added them.
If I click remove, what exactly will that mean? Will those sites end up in
the safe zone? Some advice please? Thanks...

Ted
Mon Dec 19 14:31:01 CST 2005

More likely you installed software that placed those web sites in the
Restricted Zone. I'm not sure what the problem is, since they are
disreputable sites. If you remove them from the Restricted Zone they are
gone from your computer.

--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"JanV" <JanV@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F20782A6-CCDC-4C83-AA7C-3440C9047EFE@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I was adjusting my security settings in IE 6 and I clicked on "SITES" in
the
> restricted zone, and there were a bunch of websites, mostly disreputable
ones
> that I'm not sure how they got there. I didn't put them there. My question
is
> this: if I remove them will they stay gone forever? I know this sounds
silly,
> but I really don't know how they ended up in that list, I never added
them.
> If I click remove, what exactly will that mean? Will those sites end up in
> the safe zone? Some advice please? Thanks...
>
>
>
>

Alan
Mon Dec 19 14:48:36 CST 2005

Before you remove them... have you some application like Spybot that
may have put them there for your protection?

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:06:05 -0800, "JanV"
<JanV@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I was adjusting my security settings in IE 6 and I clicked on "SITES" in the
>restricted zone, and there were a bunch of websites, mostly disreputable ones
>that I'm not sure how they got there. I didn't put them there. My question is
>this: if I remove them will they stay gone forever? I know this sounds silly,
>but I really don't know how they ended up in that list, I never added them.
>If I click remove, what exactly will that mean? Will those sites end up in
>the safe zone? Some advice please? Thanks...
>
>
>

JanV
Mon Dec 19 15:02:02 CST 2005

Thanks, Alan... yes I have Spybot S&D, I dont think SB put them there, I
delete whatever shows up after a scan. i use Adaware SE and I always delete
the quarantined cookie files. It's weird i've never noticed this until now, I
mean, before there were never any sites in the restricted zone until I
noticed them today.

"Alan Edwards" wrote:

> Before you remove them... have you some application like Spybot that
> may have put them there for your protection?
>
> ....Alan
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
> http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:06:05 -0800, "JanV"
> <JanV@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I was adjusting my security settings in IE 6 and I clicked on "SITES" in the
> >restricted zone, and there were a bunch of websites, mostly disreputable ones
> >that I'm not sure how they got there. I didn't put them there. My question is
> >this: if I remove them will they stay gone forever? I know this sounds silly,
> >but I really don't know how they ended up in that list, I never added them.
> >If I click remove, what exactly will that mean? Will those sites end up in
> >the safe zone? Some advice please? Thanks...
> >
> >
> >
>

PA
Mon Dec 19 16:35:07 CST 2005

If you Immunized with Spybot, it put them there.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

JanV wrote:
> Thanks, Alan... yes I have Spybot S&D, I dont think SB put them there, I
> delete whatever shows up after a scan. i use Adaware SE and I always
> delete the quarantined cookie files. It's weird i've never noticed this
> until now, I mean, before there were never any sites in the restricted
> zone until I noticed them today.
>
> "Alan Edwards" wrote:
>
> > Before you remove them... have you some application like Spybot that
> > may have put them there for your protection?
> >
> > ....Alan
> > --
> > Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
> > http://dts-l.org/index.html
> >
> > On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:06:05 -0800, "JanV"
> > <JanV@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I was adjusting my security settings in IE 6 and I clicked on "SITES"
> > > in the restricted zone, and there were a bunch of websites, mostly
> > > disreputable ones that I'm not sure how they got there. I didn't put
> > > them there. My question is this: if I remove them will they stay gone
> > > forever? I know this sounds silly, but I really don't know how they
> > > ended up in that list, I never added them. If I click remove, what
> > > exactly will that mean? Will those sites end up in the safe zone?
> > > Some advice please? Thanks...

Alan
Mon Dec 19 16:53:56 CST 2005

I don't know why you don't think SpyBot put them there, when if you
use the Immunize feature, that is what it does.

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:02:02 -0800, "JanV"
<JanV@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Thanks, Alan... yes I have Spybot S&D, I dont think SB put them there, I
>delete whatever shows up after a scan. i use Adaware SE and I always delete
>the quarantined cookie files. It's weird i've never noticed this until now, I
>mean, before there were never any sites in the restricted zone until I
>noticed them today.
>
>"Alan Edwards" wrote:
>
>> Before you remove them... have you some application like Spybot that
>> may have put them there for your protection?
>>
>> ....Alan
>> --
>> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
>> http://dts-l.org/index.html
>>
>> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:06:05 -0800, "JanV"
>> <JanV@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >I was adjusting my security settings in IE 6 and I clicked on "SITES" in the
>> >restricted zone, and there were a bunch of websites, mostly disreputable ones
>> >that I'm not sure how they got there. I didn't put them there. My question is
>> >this: if I remove them will they stay gone forever? I know this sounds silly,
>> >but I really don't know how they ended up in that list, I never added them.
>> >If I click remove, what exactly will that mean? Will those sites end up in
>> >the safe zone? Some advice please? Thanks...
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>

Lance
Mon Dec 19 18:20:46 CST 2005

If you remove them you will be less secure. Having disreputable sites in
the Restricted Zone is a good thing.

Read this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q174360
"Restricted Sites Zone
This zone contains Web sites that you do not trust. When you add a Web
site to the Restricted Sites zone, you believe that files that you
download or run from the Web site may damage your computer or your data.
By default, there are no Web sites that are assigned to the Restricted
Sites zone, and the security level is set to High."

Good software like Spybot, IESpyAd and Spywareblaster will put sites in
the Restricted Zone to help protect you. If you should ever accidently
visit a bad website then extra security is already in place.

Lance
*****


JanV said the following on 12/19/2005 12:06:
> Hi,
>
> I was adjusting my security settings in IE 6 and I clicked on "SITES" in the
> restricted zone, and there were a bunch of websites, mostly disreputable ones
> that I'm not sure how they got there. I didn't put them there. My question is
> this: if I remove them will they stay gone forever? I know this sounds silly,
> but I really don't know how they ended up in that list, I never added them.
> If I click remove, what exactly will that mean? Will those sites end up in
> the safe zone? Some advice please? Thanks...

JanV
Mon Dec 19 19:46:02 CST 2005

OK I am dense, I think I understand... If by surfing online I happen to run
into a disreputable website, SB automatically removes a bad website and puts
it in the restricted zones. ((All hail Spybot S&D)). I don't visit
disreputable sites or at least I thought I didn't. So cookies are dropped on
my computer as I surf, that would be these bad IE sites? I know, I know... I
am dense but I am trying to understand... :o)
Thanks for your advice everyone.

"Lance" wrote:

> If you remove them you will be less secure. Having disreputable sites in
> the Restricted Zone is a good thing.
>
> Read this:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q174360
> "Restricted Sites Zone
> This zone contains Web sites that you do not trust. When you add a Web
> site to the Restricted Sites zone, you believe that files that you
> download or run from the Web site may damage your computer or your data.
> By default, there are no Web sites that are assigned to the Restricted
> Sites zone, and the security level is set to High."
>
> Good software like Spybot, IESpyAd and Spywareblaster will put sites in
> the Restricted Zone to help protect you. If you should ever accidently
> visit a bad website then extra security is already in place.
>
> Lance
> *****
>
>
> JanV said the following on 12/19/2005 12:06:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was adjusting my security settings in IE 6 and I clicked on "SITES" in the
> > restricted zone, and there were a bunch of websites, mostly disreputable ones
> > that I'm not sure how they got there. I didn't put them there. My question is
> > this: if I remove them will they stay gone forever? I know this sounds silly,
> > but I really don't know how they ended up in that list, I never added them.
> > If I click remove, what exactly will that mean? Will those sites end up in
> > the safe zone? Some advice please? Thanks...
>

FrankV
Tue Dec 20 08:56:04 CST 2005

It's not quite like that. SpyBot and a few other programs keep a list of
known "bad" sites and install the list on your computer so you will never
access them. In my opinion, Microsoft made a mistake with the word
"Restricted". It is more like "Blocked".
Frank


"JanV" <JanV@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E01C382D-7F87-44FE-AB8B-5D285DC96ED9@microsoft.com...
> OK I am dense, I think I understand... If by surfing online I happen to
> run
> into a disreputable website, SB automatically removes a bad website and
> puts
> it in the restricted zones. ((All hail Spybot S&D)). I don't visit
> disreputable sites or at least I thought I didn't. So cookies are dropped
> on
> my computer as I surf, that would be these bad IE sites? I know, I know...
> I
> am dense but I am trying to understand... :o)
> Thanks for your advice everyone.
>
> "Lance" wrote:
>
>> If you remove them you will be less secure. Having disreputable sites in
>> the Restricted Zone is a good thing.
>>
>> Read this:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q174360
>> "Restricted Sites Zone
>> This zone contains Web sites that you do not trust. When you add a Web
>> site to the Restricted Sites zone, you believe that files that you
>> download or run from the Web site may damage your computer or your data.
>> By default, there are no Web sites that are assigned to the Restricted
>> Sites zone, and the security level is set to High."
>>
>> Good software like Spybot, IESpyAd and Spywareblaster will put sites in
>> the Restricted Zone to help protect you. If you should ever accidently
>> visit a bad website then extra security is already in place.
>>
>> Lance
>> *****
>>
>>
>> JanV said the following on 12/19/2005 12:06:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I was adjusting my security settings in IE 6 and I clicked on "SITES"
>> > in the
>> > restricted zone, and there were a bunch of websites, mostly
>> > disreputable ones
>> > that I'm not sure how they got there. I didn't put them there. My
>> > question is
>> > this: if I remove them will they stay gone forever? I know this sounds
>> > silly,
>> > but I really don't know how they ended up in that list, I never added
>> > them.
>> > If I click remove, what exactly will that mean? Will those sites end up
>> > in
>> > the safe zone? Some advice please? Thanks...
>>

PA
Tue Dec 20 11:17:13 CST 2005

> ...If by surfing online I happen to
> run into a disreputable website, SB automatically removes a bad website
> and puts it in the restricted zones.

Not quite, but...


JanV wrote:
> OK I am dense, I think I understand... If by surfing online I happen to
> run into a disreputable website, SB automatically removes a bad website
> and puts it in the restricted zones. ((All hail Spybot S&D)). I don't
> visit disreputable sites or at least I thought I didn't. So cookies are
> dropped on my computer as I surf, that would be these bad IE sites? I
> know, I know... I am dense but I am trying to understand... :o)
> Thanks for your advice everyone.
>
> "Lance" wrote:
>
> > If you remove them you will be less secure. Having disreputable sites in
> > the Restricted Zone is a good thing.
> >
> > Read this:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q174360
> > "Restricted Sites Zone
> > This zone contains Web sites that you do not trust. When you add a Web
> > site to the Restricted Sites zone, you believe that files that you
> > download or run from the Web site may damage your computer or your data.
> > By default, there are no Web sites that are assigned to the Restricted
> > Sites zone, and the security level is set to High."
> >
> > Good software like Spybot, IESpyAd and Spywareblaster will put sites in
> > the Restricted Zone to help protect you. If you should ever accidently
> > visit a bad website then extra security is already in place.
> >
> > Lance
> > *****
> >
> >
> > JanV said the following on 12/19/2005 12:06:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I was adjusting my security settings in IE 6 and I clicked on "SITES"
> > > in the restricted zone, and there were a bunch of websites, mostly
> > > disreputable ones that I'm not sure how they got there. I didn't put
> > > them there. My question is this: if I remove them will they stay gone
> > > forever? I know this sounds silly, but I really don't know how they
> > > ended up in that list, I never added them. If I click remove, what
> > > exactly will that mean? Will those sites end up in the safe zone?
> > > Some advice please? Thanks...