How to block running of firefox.exe in the machine in xp

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i search in net how to block any exe running in xp(specially firefox.exe )
how to do that one?

Posted 5-Dec-11 3:19am

@BangIndia

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Albert Holguin 5-Dec-11 9:22am

Are you trying to block internet access or just firefox? (also, I take it this is for IT administration and not something bad?)

@BangIndia 5-Dec-11 9:23am

want to block the firefox.exe .
if anyone click the exe means it should not launch the application

Albert Holguin 5-Dec-11 9:54am

Once it's installed, I don't think there's an easy way to do this... unless you have a service running that periodically looks at the executables running and kills firefox if it finds it.

Richard MacCutchan 5-Dec-11 9:32am

Don't install it on the PC.

@BangIndia 5-Dec-11 9:34am

what a great answer..

Richard MacCutchan 5-Dec-11 9:37am

Pity it wasn't a great question!

Chuck O'Toole 5-Dec-11 13:25pm

Why not just delete the sucker

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Paul M Watt · Answer 1 · 2011-12-05T04:25:00

Solution 3

You need to add this key to the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun

As a REG_SZ
Value is the name you call it, say FireFox
Data: firefox.exe or what ever the executable is named.

Posted 5-Dec-11 4:25am

Paul M Watt

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Albert Holguin 5-Dec-11 10:26am

Never tried this before... what does it block though? ...since it's an explorer related key, does it mean the application will still run from the command prompt?

Chuck O'Toole 5-Dec-11 22:03pm

that's "explorer", not "iexplorer". But it is part of a larger group policy setting. See the "technet" entry in this search http://www.bing.com/search?q=DisallowRun

Paul M Watt 6-Dec-11 0:38am

Thanks for pointing that out.

I only discovered this key when I was trying to kill a virus I had picked up on my machine. It had enabled this policy, then prevented all of the popular Virus Scanners from starting.

As far as the cmd prompt, I wonder if you could block that from starting as well in the group policy?

Chuck O'Toole 6-Dec-11 13:59pm

MS Policies wouldn't be much good if there was an easy way around them, like CMD prompt. Of course, you could always disallow cmd.exe too.

#realJSOP · Answer 2 · 2011-12-05T03:33:00

Solution 1

Set permissions on the EXE as admin only, and don't make anyone else admin on the box.

Posted 5-Dec-11 3:33am

#realJSOP

Praveen Kullu · Answer 3 · 2011-12-05T03:36:00

Solution 2

You could password protect exe files by using a program:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-password-protect-any-windows-program/[^]

or by replacing the exe of firefox with an empty exe file

Posted 5-Dec-11 3:36am

Praveen Kullu