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More info?)
I suggest contacting Yahoo - after all, it was their software you installed,
they should provide the guidance.
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"ForestSpirit" <seamaid24-graphics@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:epFLFl$XFHA.2740@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> GENERAL SECURITY PROBLEM
> After installing SBC Yahoo! Online Protection, all yahoo.com sites in HKCU
> have been moved to Zone 3 (Internet). Some of them can stay there, but
> some need to be Trusted, and some need to be Restricted. I need assistance
> figuring out which entries should be in which zone. I want to be as secure
> as possible while having as much functionality as possible. All yahoo.com
> entries cannot automatically be placed into the Restricted zone. Some can,
> but not all. After all, SBC Yahoo! is my ISP, and I have to be able to get
> my mail online and all. Here are the individual domains in my registry for
> yahoo.com. They are all in Zone 3 (Internet), except for Login, Mail, and
> Briefcase, which I have moved to Zone 2 (Trusted). Yahoo.com itself is
> Zone 3. Red.clientapps should probably be Zone 4 (Restricted). I am not
> sure about the others.
>
> yahoo.com
> - ad
> - ads.auctions
> - adserver
> - auctions
> - bookmarks
> - briefcase
> - calendar
> - dial.sbc (SBC Yahoo! Dial homepage)
> - dsl.sbc (SBC Yahoo! DSL homepage)
> - finance
> - games
> - geo
> - groups
> - java
> - java.europe
> - login (Needed to get to either homepage & takes FOREVER to load)
> - mail
> - my
> - premium
> - promo
> - promotions
> - red.clientapps
> - sbc
> - srd
> - st21
>
> For each of the above keys, there are 4 subkeys and values. Most have
> value of 3. Some are 2. Some should be 4.
>
> (Default) REG-SZ (value not set)
> * REG-DWORD (3)
> http REG-DWORD (3)
> https REG-DWORD (3)
>
>
> BRIEFCASE ACCESS PROBLEM
> I cannot access or download any files in my Yahoo! Briefcase unless I am
> logged into Yahoo! One of the folders in the briefcase is public, meaning
> anyone should be able to access it and download files if I give them the
> URL. Because the URL contains my primary email address, I do not just give
> it out to everyone. To my knowledge, logging in is not required to view
> and download files (only to add, delete, or edit files). I could be wrong
> about that. Maybe whoever wants to download my files has to have an
> account with Yahoo! and log in. I do not know.
>
> Without logging in, I can get to my briefcase page where it displays the
> one folder that is public (my other folders are private and are not
> shown). When I click on the folder, I get "this page cannot be displayed"
> instead of it showing me the files in there. I temporarily turned off my
> firewall, disabled the hosts file, disabled SpywareBlaster protection, and
> added briefcase.yahoo.com to the Trusted Zone, but still cannot access the
> files in the public folder -- unless I am logged into Yahoo! It makes me
> wonder if anyone else can get to those files, or if it is just me because
> my browser settings are rather high and custom.
>
> I am very hesitant to place the URL of my briefcase in this newsgroup
> because it contains my primary email address, and I do not want to be
> spammed. I'd be happy to privately email someone the URL if they want to
> test it, but I cannot post it here in this newsgroup.
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:u12OuN$XFHA.712@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Beats me.
>>
>> I only have sites listed in the Restricted Zone thanks to SpywareBlaster.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:eQ%23HsH$XFHA.612@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
>> ForestSpirit <seamaid24-graphics@yahoo.com> hunted and pecked:
>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;182569
>>>
>>> 0 = My Computer
>>> 1 = Local Intranet Zone
>>> 2 = Trusted sites Zone
>>> 3 = Internet Zone
>>> 4 = Restricted Sites Zone
>>>
>>> Is there an online forum somewhere where I can get help with deciding
>>> which zone certain sites should be in?
>>>
>>> CastleCops?
>>> Net-Integration?
>>> Some other?
>>>
>>> "ForestSpirit" <seamaid24-graphics@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23g2Jo6%23XFHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
>>>> Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\
>>>>
>>>> HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
>>>> Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\
>>>>
>>>> For each domain site, there is a hexadecimal code value that tells what
>>>> zone each one is in.
>>>>
>>>> 0 = ?
>>>> 1 = ?
>>>> 2 = Trusted
>>>> 3 = ?
>>>> 4 = Restricted
>>>>
>>>> What do 0, 1 and 3 mean?
>
>
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