[LINK] RFI: Intrusive Internet Mechanisms

[rene]

On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 21:43:09 +1100, Kim Holburn wrote:

> I don't know if this will work but try this:
> delete the \sys\ directory and replace it with a file, say a new
> empty text file named "sys".  Make it owned by administrator or
> "system" if you can.

Thanks but I'm almost certain that won't work. Having become curious and 
looking around, it seems almost certain that Windows (XP and various other 
more recent versions) uses the "Read Only" attribute in dir/file properties 
box to determine whether or not the folder is customized for the purposes 
of merely *displaying* the listing in Windows Explorer (file directory 
program). 

Apparently, because of that, umm (un)user friendly behaviour, even using 
the 'attrib' command via (DOS) command line won't work either. 

It appears that it's theoretically possible to change this default 
behaviour (according to Microsoft web site and various tech sites) but 
doing so requires editing the Windows registry (NB: a dangerous proposition 
for most typical Windows users). 

Having found yet a another Windows annoyance (I occassionally wish for 
DOS), I'll investigate this further when it's not so late night and decide 
whether or not to see whether editing the Windows registry fixes the 
problem/annoyance (which I've done on various occasions before, but never 
do without more info than I've currently found, nor without backing up 
registry and so on and so forth).

Also, I've discovered on Windows, there's another directory possibly even 
more worrisome than /sys/ directory that contains Flash cookies from some 
sites. It's:
\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash 
Player\#SharedObjects

That directory contains random name sub-directories, which contain 
site-name sub-directories, which contain files with names such as 
"ABC_iView_2.sol". That file appears to keep a record of every iView video 
the computer user/s have viewed.

Irene