[JorgeA]

Today I finally got annoyed enough by the constant automatic reloading on The Drudge Report's website, that I looked around for a way to put a stop to it. I can't tell you how many times I've gone to click on a link, only to have the d*mn reloading start yet again just as I was clicking, forcing me to twiddle my thumbs (yet again) while the page refreshed.

I found several sites that recommend (this is for IE8) going into Tools --> Internet Options --> Security --> Restricted sites, then adding the desired website to the list.

Well, the method "works" -- the Drudge Report page is indeed no longer reloading automatically, but now clicking on links doesn't do anything at all. And clicking on links to news articles is kinda the whole point of visiting that website.

I went back into the Restricted sites to remove the page from the list, but www.drudgereport.com (which is what I'd typed in) doesn't show up on the list of restricted sites. There are thousands of sites listed, probably added there by Spybot Search & Destroy; one website suggested that the list might be "full," so to delete a few of the listings and see if the one I manually added came into view. Nope, didn't work.

I also closed IE8 and opened it again -- no difference. Restarting Windows didn't help either.

What else can I do to delete this manually added website from the restricted zone?? Is there any other way to get into that list and edit it?

I have Firefox and that still works, but IE8 is my preferred browser (sorry) and I'd rather be able to surf around freely than have to plan ahead to use a particular browser when I want to visit a specific website.

Thanks for any suggestions!

--JorgeA

[submix8c]

Remove the "list" within Spybot. All that will remain is what YOU put there...

[JorgeA]

submix8c, on 17 January 2012 - 11:16 PM, said:

Remove the "list" within Spybot. All that will remain is what YOU put there...

Thanks submix8c, that did the trick. I'd always wondered what that "Undo Immunization" button was for -- now I know.

--JorgeA