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Started 17 years ago by pinkster
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pinkster
Member

every time i visit GAOTD, i get hit with a tracking cookie form revsci.net...
i mean EVERY SINGLE TIME, and it is [snipped] off.
i remove it with anti malware scanners, physically delete the file, and it's a persistant one...that only shows up while visiting/after visiting this site,
and i think it's rather lame...hence the querie, [snipped] is up widdat??
this is a great site, but this [snipped] is lame...and it is DEFINITLEY from here, as i just re-ran a scan again and got it AGAIN...same thing, and this is THE ONLY SITE I HAVE VISITED TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you guys need to DROP THE SPYWARE [snipped]!!!
this is LAME!
jeezis!
jimi

jimi@revsci.txt
jimi@revsci[2].txt

Posted 17 years ago #
Anonymous
Unregistered

You get tracking cookies from most sites.

Quit the profanity also.

Posted 17 years ago #
BuBBy
Teh adnim

Perhaps a little education on the issue is in order?

http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=246

Posted 17 years ago #
pinkster
Member

cookies that track surfing habits and "phone home" are most DEFINITLY "spyware"...
they aren;t being used to identify a computer...they are designed to track people and spy on them.
i own several websites, and i don;t spy on any of the people that visit them.
indeed, most sites that DO track people don;t have long life expectancies when people find out.
big difference between harmless "cookies" and stuff that spys on people.
NOT cool.

as for profanity??
which ??
gimme a break....what, the word crap??
LOL...
sorry bud, no idea what you're complaining about.

that said,
so..............why the spyware all the sudden?
pretty lame, dude.
there is NO REASON to "track" users on the internet other than sleazy folks seeking profit.
and that's it.
so...anything worth saying on the matter this time, mr. moderator?
or just gonna sidestep again?
just curious.
really brings down the quality of your site, IMHO
jimi

Posted 17 years ago #
pinkster
Member

further...i think you may need to revisit your definitions of "profanity", mr. moderator.
JMO

Posted 17 years ago #
BuBBy
Teh adnim

I have just turned on prompting for all cookies - and been to the forums both download sites and to wikifortio and guess what?

Absolutely not even one single request for revsci.net. In fact, after visiting this site several times in the past (who would've guessed) I still don't have a revsci cookie on my PC.

Several other cookies - but nothing else. I think your little problems are yours alone.

Always a good thing to check your facts before throwing around accusations. I suggest you scan your PC with a decent antispyware program. Then visit microsoft.com or google.com and see if they also have your revsci.net spyware. Go bother them - because I cannot replicate your spyware cookie claims on this site.

Posted 17 years ago #
playboy85
Member

You can block this cookie from your system through your internet options.

Posted 17 years ago #
BuBBy
Teh adnim

Blocking the cookie won't fix a spyware problem though.

Posted 17 years ago #
pinkster
Member

hmmmmmmm....let's see.
i DID in fact block it in internet options, be interesting to see if it turns up again here.
further;
every time i've gone to GAOTD i have been requested to save a cookie from 66.__.__.--
i haven;t bothered to allow it with no ill effect.
i'll have to run a scan...btw, what do you consider "decent" malware scanners?
;)
i have many to choose from, i bet including whatever YOUR favorite is.
;)
generally i don;t have much of a prob with spyware...which was why i found it rather surprising to keep getting hit with this thing after visiting your site..
not even saying it is this site's fault...hence the question, wt is up widdat? in my original query.
got adaware running at the moment, see if i find it again.
i wouldn't care if not for it's persistence; i don't like things "backdooring" my machine under any circumstance, and generally things that return after a throurough scrubbing of caches and a reboot make me wonder...sorry to have given you offense, as that seems to be how it was taken.
sure enough;
it's back!!!!!!
i just physically DELETED every reference to it in my machine, again before going online and coming here.
from what i've gleaned from google, it's a company that keeps track of banner advertisements.
it lists as a dataminer.
and it definitely screws up the pc's connection.
perhaps i need to take this up with the old ISP instead.
so perhpas you are right.
or perhaps it does come from this site,
hard to tell, as it is the only place i've visited!
i'll get back to ya..
thanks for the feedback and suggestions.
peace
p

Posted 17 years ago #
pinkster
Member

gents...
mah bad?
hard to tell, i have visited GAOTD twice now with no ill effect since blocking that cookie.
of note, looking thru firewall logs, it appears it may be part of that MS "genuine advantage " crap phoning home and spying...<sigh>
regardless, thanks for the time...
i do really dig the site man,
;)
that's why i asked.
thank you , sense...
pink grahsshoppha

Posted 17 years ago #
BuBBy
Teh adnim

Point is the cookie will keep coming back until you get rid of the additional baggage spyware/toolbar/add-on that is putting the cookie up.

If I turn off absolutely all spyware protection, ad filtering, and disable all add-ons - I still cannot get that cookie to appear when surfing around this site. Which leads me to the conclusion your PC has something "special" about it that nobody else's does.

In terms of what software I am (normally) running - AdAware Plus, Spybot S&D, SpywareBlaster, Spyware Terminator, AdMuncher, and NOD32. I've got lots of other stuff that I use when needed, but these are the products running 24x7.

so perhpas you are right.
or perhaps it does come from this site,
hard to tell, as it is the only place i've visited!

i own several websites, and i don;t spy on any of the people that visit them.

OK. I suggest you remove the cookies completely. Then open ONLY one of your "several websites". If the cookie re-appears, you can "take it up with yourself". :)

Hope that helps.

Posted 17 years ago #
pinkster
Member

naaah, just blocked it.
it appears to be gone.
i don;t need to open myself to potential malware infestation;
;)
i KNOW my sites don;t do that...
tho some of my old free ones do..

Posted 17 years ago #
BuBBy
Teh adnim

It appears you missed the point I was getting at - if you have some form of spyware or similar installed on your computer. You will probably get that cookie appearing REGARDLESS whichever website you go to.

Anyway if you are happy you have fixed your spyware problem on your PC, I'll close this.

Posted 17 years ago #
pinkster
Member

kewl, that's good bubby...
man, maybe we could've avoided some of this if lee had just said "we don;t use that stuff".

here's a little reading for you, if ya gotta minute.
be well man...

http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/theluddite/2007/06/luddite_0607

Posted 17 years ago #
Anonymous
Unregistered

pinkster don't refer to me in the third sense.

You used an abreviation and other words not appropriate for forums.

If you wish to use that kind of notation your words will be snipped.

Posted 17 years ago #
mjfisonline@mail.com
Member

sounds like you got some spyware get avg to remove them quick: http://free.avg.com free or full will work fine when you finish intalling then restart update then open main dubble click on resedint shield click scan tracing cookies and remove automatically this will show a little message in the right corner of your screen when you to that site that it has been detected and deleted another way to test this is download firefox http://firefox.com it gives you 1 tracking cookie every time you open it if you did this right avg will detect it it should just give you a little message in the right corner and then if it does its deleted and if you really wanna find some then go scan whole computer/slow scan and let it scan over night this could take all night so let it do that when you are just doing a normal scan do auto so if it needs to slow down so your computer does not it will or if it can spped up not effecting anything.
well good luck!! :) (sorry its so long)

Posted 16 years ago #
Anonymous
Unregistered

Just set Third-party cookies to no,a third-party cookie is a cookie from a site that you not on so you don't need it,in 8 hour's only have 10 with Firefox in IE is nill, in IE > Privacy >Advanced > override automatic cooke handing all to Block yes fist & third pardy cookies untick allow session cookies no,do this to all,log out hit ctrl-alt-delete two times & tipe in Administrator Enter & do the same or they will jump over PS only do this if you don't use IE & use Firefox & host file, spywareBlaster so on is a help.

Posted 16 years ago #

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