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DocCovington
2017-12-16, 21:57
Hello folks,
I have noticed something worrisome and would like to know how to resolve this issue: Whenever I immunize my system now, it shows that all Firefox entries have been successfully immunized. However, upon opening Firefox's Options and checking under Privacy & Security > History > Exceptions, none of the many websites supposedly blocked by Spybot's immunization show - the Exceptions list remains empty.
I am using Firefox 56.0.2 and Spybot 2.6.46.0.
Does anybody happen to know what the problem might be?
Thanks in advance for any helpful insight,
Doc
My exceptions list is empty in Firefox also. I checked in two different accounts. I unimmunized and re-immunized in both accounts, and it was still the same.
I'm not sure why that is happening. You can ask for help with Spybot support:
https://www.safer-networking.org/support/ticket/technical/
DocCovington
2017-12-18, 22:06
My exceptions list is empty in Firefox also. I checked in two different accounts. I unimmunized and re-immunized in both accounts, and it was still the same.
I'm not sure why that is happening. You can ask for help with Spybot support:
https://www.safer-networking.org/support/ticket/technical/
Thanks for the response, I will try contacting support then. :)
Any news on this issue? I have the same issue with SeaMonkey
I looked and mine's still blank.
You could contact Spybot support and ask also. :)
https://www.safer-networking.org/support/ticket/technical/
DocCovington
2018-04-16, 13:08
I looked and mine's still blank.
You could contact Spybot support and ask also. :)
https://www.safer-networking.org/support/ticket/technical/
I did when I last posted on here, but haven't received a response for them to date.
I read on the forums that Team Spybot was having trouble with their emails awhile back, and I think it might have been around the time you originally posted. Sorry about that, I wasn't aware of the email problem when I sent you to their support page at the time.
I believe the email problem is all better now, since I haven't seen anyone posting about it for awhile. Unless (m/f) or tashi see this and respond by tomorrow, perhaps you could try sending a support request again.
https://www.safer-networking.org/support/ticket/
I believe you should receive an automated response via email after you fill out the form, and then a email response from a real person thereafter. If you don't get an automated response, or an email in a few days thereafter, could you please post back here? I think this should be an okay way to proceed. I'd then ask tashi for help with it. :)
Thank you Zenobia. :)
Hello DocCovington,
I did when I last posted on here, but haven't received a response for them to date.
I linked support to this topic and was informed a response was sent to you 12/28/2017, did you check any spam filters?
Best regards.
DocCovington
2018-05-20, 21:46
Hello DocCovington,
I linked support to this topic and was informed a response was sent to you 12/28/2017, did you check any spam filters?
Best regards.
Uhm, sorry, I didn't know you would respond by e-mail. Couldn't find anything, either.
My question is simple: In older versions of FF, when I would immunize my sytem (and browsers) with Spybot, the malicious sites would usually show up as "Blocked" in the list of sites/cookies in FF. They no longer do and haven't for almost a year, so I was wondering why that is.
Do you know anything about it?
Hello DocCovington,
Uhm, sorry, I didn't know you would respond by e-mail. Couldn't find anything, either.
My question is simple: In older versions of FF, when I would immunize my sytem (and browsers) with Spybot, the malicious sites would usually show up as "Blocked" in the list of sites/cookies in FF. They no longer do and haven't for almost a year, so I was wondering why that is.
Do you know anything about it?
If one opens a support ticket the response is sent by email.
Support sent you another email 04/08/18.
As far as I know this was the information provided.
"To view more information about the protection enabled by Immunization, please open detailed view of Immunization. Usually there are 4 rows for a Firefox user profile. Description of immunised items are in brackets: Cookies, Images, Installations, Popups.
Immunization entries are stored in the permissions.sqlite database of Mozilla Firefox. This database uses one table. It contains permission values for installing add-ons, cookies, pop-up and images. Usually value 1 is for allow item, 2 is for blocking the item and 8 allows an item for the session only.
To check the items and values of a permissions.sqlite database a user needs a forensic tool or a sqlite viewer.
If you would like to view the permissions.sqlite file, you can use a tool developed by Safer-Networking called FileAlzyer, which can be downloaded using the link below"
https://www.safer-networking.org/products/filealyzer/
Best regards. :)
DocCovington
2018-05-24, 08:08
As far as I know this was the information provided.
"To view more information about the protection enabled by Immunization, please open detailed view of Immunization. Usually there are 4 rows for a Firefox user profile. [...]
This is not what I meant. In Spybot, the immunization works just fine.
I was asking why the blocked cookies are no longer listed within Firefox?
Hello DocCovington,
This is not what I meant. In Spybot, the immunization works just fine.
I was asking why the blocked cookies are no longer listed within Firefox?
That might be a question for Mozilla then, Firefox has frequent software updates.
Best regards. :)
Hello DocCovington,
If one opens a support ticket the response is sent by email.
Support sent you another email 04/08/18.
As far as I know this was the information provided.
"To view more information about the protection enabled by Immunization, please open detailed view of Immunization. Usually there are 4 rows for a Firefox user profile. Description of immunised items are in brackets: Cookies, Images, Installations, Popups.
Immunization entries are stored in the permissions.sqlite database of Mozilla Firefox. This database uses one table. It contains permission values for installing add-ons, cookies, pop-up and images. Usually value 1 is for allow item, 2 is for blocking the item and 8 allows an item for the session only.
To check the items and values of a permissions.sqlite database a user needs a forensic tool or a sqlite viewer.
If you would like to view the permissions.sqlite file, you can use a tool developed by Safer-Networking called FileAlzyer, which can be downloaded using the link below"
https://www.safer-networking.org/products/filealyzer/
Best regards. :)
What exactly does "open detailed view of Immunization" mean?