 SentinelPremium
join:2001-02-07
Florida
kudos:1 | reply to OZO
Re: Can I stop apps from opening other apps? That will work for things like installers or things where I know in advance that the offending program is going to attempt it. Good idea for those types of things and I will do that.
However, the problem we have is when we aren't expecting it. Using the example I used before: I had an email that, upon deletion opened a browser and attempted to go to a website. In that situation you have to have the internet on and accessible because you are reading your email. |
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OZOPremium
join:2003-01-17
kudos:2 | said by Sentinel:I had an email that, upon deletion opened a browser and attempted to go to a website. In that situation you have to have the internet on and accessible because you are reading your email.
That's the big problem you have on your hands. Please fix it before you go any further.
Mail should not be active an any way!!! Deleting mail should never trigger any activity (especially connecting to the Internet). Receiving maul should not trigger connection to the Internet either... Make sure that your mail program doesn't download any images from the Internet (or any other files) without your permission. It's possible to do and it must be done before you start using it.
Regarding general approach with unloosened connections to the Internet, I'd suggest (as many did before) to install local outbound firewall, that will block all outbound connections that you do not approve. In all my computers there is no one program, that could connect to the Internet without my prior approval. That's the rule. And BTW, sue to that rule I don't need (and never use at all) antivirus programs... making computer run faster and virus-free for years 
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SentinelPremium
join:2001-02-07
Florida
kudos:1 | I use Popcorn which is very secure. Until now It (usually) does not do html email. And even when it does it does not and cannot do images. So this must have been in the code of the email; not an image. Usually I read email in plain text. Increasingly many emails are html and cannot be read in plain text. Popcorn does do very limited html rendering. Apparently in this instance it was enough to trigger the browser opening.
Also, as I have said before numerous times, I do have an outbound firewall. Windows firewall in Win7 does do outbound. I have mine set up to block all outgoing internet unless there is a rule that I specifically set up. Of course that does nothing because I have a rule set up to allow my browser. Any firewall that I have I would have to have a rule to allow my browser.
The problem is not that the browser is getting out. The problem is that I cannot stop any application from opening the browser. There should be a way to limit what programs can open other programs. |
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said by Sentinel:Using the example I used before: I had an email that, upon deletion opened a browser ...
Me thinks that means you have javascript enabled in your email client. I don't have javascript enabled in email. |
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SentinelPremium
join:2001-02-07
Florida
kudos:1 | As far as I know Popcorn is not capable of doing javascript. I cold be wrong though as it is an old program and no longer updated by its creator. |
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