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Disable Protection for a Particular Item in Mozilla Firefox

SUMMARY: If SpywareBlaster protection is keeping some websites from appearing in Mozilla Firefox, here's how to allow those sites to set cookies on your machine.

If running SpywareBlaster keeps certain websites from appearing or operating correctly in Mozilla Firefox, such as preventing you from logging into a website, cookie blocking may be the culprit.

You can configure SpywareBlaster to allow certain blocked cookies while keeping the rest of its protection intact. Note that every time you update SpywareBlaster and click "Enable All Protection", you will have to repeat these steps.

1. From SpywareBlaster, click the "Protection Status" button.

2. Click the "Mozilla Firefox" link that appears underneath.

3. To disable ALL cookie protection, useful if you just cannot figure out which cookie a particular site wants to set to allow you to login, uncheck "Cookie Protection".

4. Or, to disable protection for a particular item, find the site name underneath "Customize the Block List" and uncheck the box next to it.

5. When done, click "Remove Protection for Unchecked Items" to apply your changes.

Removing Mozilla Firefox cookie protection for a website with SpywareBlaster

Later, if you want to re-apply protection for the selected cookies, repeat the above steps, but check the unprotected cookies and click "Protect Against Checked Items".

This tip was written for SpywareBlaster 4.1. Instructions and screenshots are subject to change.