An Installation guide for IE-Spyad

IE-Spyad™ is a freeware utility that places more than 4000 dubious websites and domains in the Internet Explorer Restricted List.

Tip: Throughout this tutorial there are coloured links for downloading the utilities required.
Please click the "Blue" underlined links to be re-directed to the download sites.

This program severely impairs attempts to infect a computer's system.
Please note: IE-Spyad™ is not an ad blocker.
It will not block standard banner ads in Internet Explorer.

What this Restricted Sites List of known advertisers and crapware pushers will do is:

• Stop unwanted crapware from being installed unknowningly via "drive-by-downloads".
  
• Prevent the hijacking of your home page and other key Internet Explorer settings.
• Shut down ActiveX, Java, and scripting, all of which can be employed to push obnoxious advertising on a computer, and compromise privacy and security.
• Block cookies, which can be used to monitor and track a user's
  travels around the Internet.
• Combat obnoxious script-based popups, that clutter the screen and force unwanted advertising on a system.

A self-extracting version of IE-Spyad™ is available for download here.

To use the IE-Spyad™ for ZonedOut "Restricted sites" lists it is essential that ZonedOut® by funkytoad, a free Internet Explorer zone management utility, is downloaded too.

Tip: Be sure to "save" all downloads to the Desktop (or another location) rather than selecting the 'run' option.

Important Note: Any previous versions of IE-Spyad™ must be uninstalled before continuing with the installation!!

When downloaded, double click the IE-SPYAD™ Icon that appears on the Desktop.
Figure 1 will appear, as shown...

Figure 1

Click the Unzip button; the files will (by default) be extracted to C:iespyad_zo.

• Note: Custom Sites Lists
  
  Should a Custom Restricted Sites List been created previously, it will need to rebuilt after completing this installation of IE-Spyad for ZonedOut.
  
  
• Note: IE-SPYAD2™
  
  ZonedOut® will not uninstall IE-SPYAD2™.
  To uninstall IE-SPYAD2™, please use the uninstaller that came with IE-SPYAD2™.

To correctly uninstall previous versions of IE-Spyad™, use the ZonedOut® utility.

Double click ZonedOut.exe; allow the program to open; then, Select Menu > Remove Sites > Remove All, as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2


During the uninstallation process, a panel similar to Figure 3 will be in view.

Figure 3


When the uninstallation is complete, a panel, as shown in Figure4, will confirm the removal.

Figure 4


Once this step is completed, please proceed to Section 2 to install the new version of IE-Spyad™.


Section 2 - Installation of IE-Spyad™

Installing ie-ads.txt

Double click on ZonedOut.exe; then, Select Menu > Import/Export Sites > Import from File, as illustrated in Figure 5.

Figure 5


Browse to C:iespyad_zo folder, using the "Up one level" button, as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6



Select ie-ads.txt

Figure 7 displays the highlighted file; once highlighted, click Open.

Figure 7

A confirmation message box will appear, as shown in Figure 8; click OK to proceed.

Figure 8


ZonedOut® will now load the Lists; complete the installation; then, automatically scan for any 'failures', as illustrated in Figure 9.

Figure 9


ZonedOut® confirms the success or failure of the scan, as shown in Figure 10.

Figure 10


Congratulations! That's all there is to the installation of IE-Spyad™! using ZonedOut®!!


Section 3 - Installing Optional protections.

There are other imports from within the ie-spyad_zo folder; however, these are a matter of personal choice for the user.
Please make time to review the readme file.

Tip: The installation of these optional components is the same as for the installing of the ie-ads.txt file.

The optional components are: adults.txt and IE-NFE.txt files.

Briefly, adults.txt places many adult sites into the Restricted Zones.

The IE-NFE.txt or Not For Everyone file, places additional sites into the Restricted Zones.
Some users may want these further restricted enhancements; some may not.
It is recommended to review the "readme file" to make a decision.

Please Note: To fully implement these protections, some editing of the IE-NFE.txt file needs to take place. Lines with the double-asterisks and space (**) at the beginning will not be loaded by default.

After the initial installation, it is recommended to visit the IE-Spyad™ site monthly, to check for any possible updates.

To update IE-Spyad™ for ZonedOut®, simply download the self-extracting executable version of IE-Spyad™ once again, and repeat the procedures for uninstalling old versions, and installing new versions. At this time, only the ie-ads.txt and IE-NFE.txt files are updated.