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Best Solution For Angry Wife

Best recommendations I've seen is to have at least 2 browsers on the computer. Disable Java in the one that's used for everything but Pogo and leave Java enabled for Pogo's browser. It requires that she use the right browser at the right time but hopefully that won't be an issue for you (and her!)

reply to kingdome74
One could update to Wife 2.0 but ... failing that I'd consider a virtual machine (VM) assuming you have a host OS that supports it. Install Java and the browser of your choice in that VM. Then save the VM image (VHD file) and have your wife use a copy. If it ever gets infected just copy the original VM (VHD file). Rinse and repeat as necessary
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reply to kingdome74
I play at pogo.com...ever since they started(am also an original Club Pogo member). Yup...java has caused quite a few problems with members lately, but all I do...for the java-based games, is put the check mark in the box that pops up, and keep doing so until the game is playable. I use IE7 I refuse to add a different browser just for the java games at pogo and I refuse to upgrade to whatever IE is offered...I don't like tabs ...I also love my Vista Home Basic and will use it until either I die or the computer goes completely wonky
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reply to kingdome74
Install Skyrim, say goodbye to wife for about 18 months.

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supposedly, "firefox" has "click to play", for "java", where "java" will not run unless it is manually allowed to run-on a particular webpage or at a particular website..

additionally, the "noscript" addon, for "firefox", will prevent java from running, except when you manually allow it to run, on a particular webpage.. (you have to adjust noscript's settings in order to optimize the protection that it offers)..

additionally, in "firefox", java could be left disabled and then enabled, temporarily, when playing games at "pogo.com"..

i would recommend using "firefox 18.0.1" (the latest version) with the "noscript" addon.. (i would also recommend using the "adblock plus" addon, with "firefox" )..

some people have said that "firefox" completely blocks "java" from running, but that is not my understanding.. you just have to use "click to play" to enable it to run on particular webpages or at particular websites..

google's "chrome"-browser also has "click to play", for "java", but i don't like "chrome"..

if you are going to have "java" installed, i would try to have it disabled in "internet explorer".. here are two articles about disabling "java" in IE.. both of the artcles discuss using various regkeys to prevent "java" from running in "internet explorer" :

»support.microsoft.com/kb/2751647

»www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/636312

here is another article that discusses some issues with the latest version of "java" (under "disable java in web browsers" ), like, sometimes the "control panel" won't open, and, sometimes java crashes:

»www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/625617

reply to kingdome74
We do use the latest Firefox with Adblock with the Element Hiding. I think adding noscript to her's might be the solution.

reply to kingdome74
Pogo has been a disaster for over a year now.........it takes me almost 20 minutes for a game to load now,and only if I choose to disable most of my security.


Quit playing there.
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reply to kingdome74
1. Install Sandboxie.

2. Enable Java in 1 Browser (i suggest Firefox)

3. When wanting to play Pogo or use internet, launch Firefox through Sandboxie.

don't use Firefox for anything else, and disable the Java plug-in on any other browsers on the system...the wife can play Pogo happily and safely inside Sandboxie....its probably the least complicated of the ways to go about doing it.

»www.sandboxie.com/

reply to kingdome74
I assume your objective is to prevent your computer being infected by malware exploiting a flaw in Java? Not sure how only enabling Java in a single browser would prevent this. Once a flaw is exploited the whole machine is toast not just the browser. Enabling Java on a site by site basis will work but human error is always possible ("Oops I didn't mean to do that."). Add-ons etc can reduce the possibility of you being infected but it's still possible.

To positively prevent your PC from being infected you must isolate the browser/Java from the rest of the machine. VM or Sandboxie will do that.
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reply to kingdome74
SmartShield.

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reply to kingdome74

said by Woody79_001 :

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1. Install Sandboxie.

2. Enable Java in 1 Browser (i suggest Firefox)

3. When wanting to play Pogo or use internet, launch Firefox through Sandboxie.

»www.sandboxie.com/

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reply to StuartMW
Stuart I had to read that several times because my mind kept saying hes suggesting to clone his wife LOL. I really like the idea of replacing the infected wife.

reply to kingdome74
Advice I once heard.
Never has there been a reported incidence in NA, or Russia or anywhere for that matter, where a Husband was murdered for doing housework!!

There problem solved. Paypal donations excepted.

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reply to StuartMW
come on...where have you been....we are up to wife 19.0.0.12 now;=))

Really? I think most are still on Wife 1.0. A few on Wife 2.0 and even fewer on Wife 3.0. Some in Hollywood may've made it to Wife 4.0 but Wife 19.0.0.12???
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reply to kingdome74
Sandboxie
• Secure Web Browsing: Running your Web browser under the protection of Sandboxie means that all malicious software downloaded by the browser is trapped in the sandbox and can be discarded trivially.
• Enhanced Privacy: Browsing history, cookies, and cached temporary files collected while Web browsing stay in the sandbox and don't leak into Windows.
• Secure E-mail: Viruses and other malicious software that might be hiding in your email can't break out of the sandbox and can't infect your real system.
• Windows Stays Lean: Prevent wear-and-tear in Windows by installing software into an isolated sandbox.
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