[X-Newbies] Re: MS Word connects to internet

[Eugene]

- open the Little Snitch preference pane
- "click the lock to make changes"
- click on the gear tab (next to the "All Rules" tab) and select "Preferences..."
- check ON the "Confirm the Little Snitch alert automatically" checkbox
- click ON the Automatically "Deny" connections radio button
- click on "Save"

Finally, delete any rulesets for the "Word" application.  Now run Word
again and let Little Snitch catch it trying to reach the alien mothership.


On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 01:40:11PM -0400, Jane <TheMacintoshLady at earthlink.net> wrote:
: 
: Little Snitch makes no difference. Word still connects as witnessed by 
: the IE Cache.waf left on my desktop.... :-(
: 
: On Apr 5, 2005, at 8:56 AM, Jane wrote:
: 
: >How can I stop Word from connecting to the internet and sending data 
: >back while I am using it? I have scoured the prefs to no avail and the 
: >only solution would be to disconnect the computer from the network 
: >while using Word.
: >
: >I know it is connecting because when I quit it says "connecting to the 
: >printer" and  the IE Cache.waf file appears on the desktop.
: >
: >Apparently my saved document info goes back to big brother at 
: >Microsoft.
: >


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Eugene
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