Spyware problem
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 by jonpollock | Discussion: ObjectDock
i just recently installed a spyware doctor on my computer. and when im using the internet objectdock does not appear. i have it set to autohide and when i go near the bottom of the screen it doesnt pop up. it works when anything else is open except when im using the internet. anyone know what the problem is.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, March 30, 2005 12:41 PM
In the meantime, it sounds like the spyware defense is not differentiating between the popup objects being generated by ObjectDock on your machine and popup objects being generated via the internet which is a technique used to bait people into unknowingly installing software.
If you're running IE fullscreen, you might try running it in a window instead, even a big one. That might help the spyware make the distinction.(?). Or if the spyware will allow you to specify a program that you want it to ignore (ObjectDock) you might do that.
I wouldn't be too quick to completely disable the feature in the spyware defense which is blocking the ObjectDock as you would then be defeating one of the major benefits of having the spyware installed in the first place.
And you could try unstalling this spyware defense software and trying a different one. There's not a lot out here about spyware defenses conflicting with ObjectDock so it doesn't sound like it's a common problem.