IE-SPYAD: Restricted Sites List for Internet Explorer

IE-SPYAD adds a long list of sites and domains associated with known advertisers, marketers, and crapware pushers to the Restricted sites zone of Internet Explorer.Once you merge this list of sites and domains into the Registry, the web sites for these companies will not be able to use cookies, ActiveX controls, Java applets, or scripting to compromise your privacy or your PC while you surf the Net. Nor will they be able to use your browser to push unwanted pop-ups, cookies, or auto-installing programs on your PC.

Please note that 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, however, is:

• stop unwanted crapware from being installed behind your
  back 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 you and
  compromise your privacy and security;
• block cookies, which can be used to monitor and track your
  travels around the Internet;
• combat obnoxious script-based popups that clutter your
  screen and force unwanted advertising on you.

All of my block lists have been updated, including:

• E-SPYAD (original)
• IE-SPYAD2
• IE-SPYAD for ZonedOut
• AGNIS (for AtGuard/NIS/NPF)
• AGNIS for Outpost
• AGNIS for AdShield
• AGNIS Sites List

Product Info: IE-SPYAD & AGNIS

IE-SPYAD & AGNIS Lists Updated Apr 17, 09

Please Note: the original IE-SPYAD format that used .REG files to load and unload the Restricted Sites list is no longer available and will not be maintained. The same holds true for IE-SPYAD2. Both are replaced by what used to be called IE-SPYAD for ZonedOut. ZonedOut is a free utility that loads and unloads a plain text list of domains into the Restricted sites zone. You can think of ZonedOut as an improved replacement for the .BAT file utility used in the "original" IE-SPYAD. This new version of IE-SPYAD provides the same protection as the old version, but is easier to use and maintain.

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/uiuc/resource.htm

Please remember to re-immunize with SpywareBlaster & Spybot S&D.
Some items considered non-threats or defunct are disabled by IE-Spyad.

Updated June 19 2009 and according to the IESPYAD site the issue with IE8 is now resolved: