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Of course it can - thats what a firewall does.
However, more information as to what you are trying to achieve is needed in order to give more details of the best way of going about it.
Stuart
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dont know what you mean by erase internet activity, but go to internet options, in the history press delete.also in that window erase cookies.
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You can also block specific websites using a hosts file.
Internet activity can sometimes be tracked if the sender is not deliberately misleading you. If you have a firewall (there are freebies around such as Sygate) then there is little need to track it down anyway.
DerekW
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stu77 - I already deleted history and cookies - so I don't need to do anything else to ensure someone can't track my internet activity? What about on a network - does it make a difference?
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Soz im pretty much a novice. I use Norton Internet Security 2005, with Adaware SE, and Spybot 1.3. I run the scan checks every week, and just delete the cookies that they find, or spyware. I don't have any problems with my computer(knock on wood), and they can't track your internet activity if you are constantly deleting their cookies(I think). I'm not sure about Networking, I dont know too much about it, sorry, cheers.
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Ah, seems it's cookies that concern you then. If you are using IE6 you can set the level of cookies you allow in Tools/Internet Options/Security/Privacy.
If you set this to anything above Default then you will probably have to log in each time you visit a site that retains cookies. You can get around this by hitting the Trusted Sites button, putting the required cookies in there and setting Trusted Sites to default.
Alternatively there are third party programs that are able to delete cookies and just retain the ones you want.
DerekW
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.... err, well, I meant sites that you have to log into.
Cookies were a source of concern in the early days of home computers because they could be used by advertisers. Mainly they are there to assist browsing.
Folk are generally less concerned about cookies these days but to some extent this is because there are so many other things, involving criminal activies, that are far worse - spyware/malware/trojans/viruses etc.
DerekW
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yeah, ive got a spyware thing on my computer DyFUCA Internet optimizer, and "LSA" which is a worm. Spybot can't get rid of them. Its maddening coz you can have so many important programs on the p.c, and then things can mess it up.My p.c works fine, but the description of the one spyware program is worrying. I would imagine though that the spyware program could be cut off from the firewall program settings? I've gone through the list and blocked anything I didnt like the sound of.
Thanks for the info on the cookies.
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If you've got spyware already on there then for starters download Ad-Aware (from Lavasoft). If you haven't got this already it is a good freebie so let it remove all it wishes.
Same goes for this freebie too, also worth having because it concentrates on trojans:
A2FREE - JUST DOWN PAGEBetter mention that the A2FREE reports your computing.net as a tracking cookie. I wouldn't worry about it - never had any problem. Get the latest Updates to both before running them.
I expect you have a virus checker, but if not AVG or AVAST are good freebies.
If you still reckon you have spyware after this then post it on the Security & Virus forum.
DerekW
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Yeah I've still got it on there, i use spybot 1.3, adaware SE, and Norton AVG 2005, and just used the free Panda scan, a guy on the security and virus recommended. I'll try A2Free, thanks. Someone else recommended me going into the registry and sort it out, but had a look, there was about 5 folders,and like thousands of items inside. I'm no expert.
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Yep, that's fine, I'm right with you. The registry is no place to go monkeying around unless you feel confident.
If you do go there, learn to save a text file of your registry first. That way you can always pull back what it was you deleted by merging back the original entries.
In regedit (from Run box) you highlight the My Computer entry then choose Registry/Export Registry File, choose a name for your file and where to Save it, You can then double click this file and merge back what you deleted if it backfires. It can even be done from DOS if you really screw up and can't boot Windows.
If you are not yet ready for all this just repost as I suggested previously.
DerekW
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Good advice, thanks. I suppose thats the only way of getting rid of the spyware then. Cheers.
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Err...better add that the crack of mine about restoring registry from DOS was because I'm far more familiar with W98SE.
In XP I gather Windows=DOS so you would need advice from someone more familiar with XP to interpret that part.
Mostly folk don't goof it up that badly but it's best to warn them...
DerekW
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