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On 2006-04-23, <> wrote:
> I don't know WTF this is, but it's all over the internet. And, 'That' is called 'advertising'. > whenever I go to a site where there is a link to it, I get disconnected > from the internet on my dial-up connection and my computer acts very > strange, often needing a reboot. Don't go 'there'. > I have all this anti-spyware stuff on my PC including Spybot, Adaware, > Spyware Blaster etc.... and they never kill this thing. The browser > it doesn't get along with the most is Opera, and that creates a > nightmare for me. You could try Firefox. Then download an extension called AdBlocker. > > What happens when you guys go to this link? > > http://servedby.advertising.com/* I would never intentionally go to a site named anything like it. (unless I was looking for an IP addressor contact info to lart the fools) > > My PC hangs, and then disconnects. Yet I cannot find many sites that > don't have this site linked to it in some way. What is it anyway? > And... how can I prevent it from messing up my browsing? 'That' is called 'advertising'.  > Thanks > > Leesa (I) Seriously: They are a company that puts a "tracking cookie" on your computer and then follows you around 'the web' shoving ads in your face. Here's a short little diddly about them: http://www.advertising.com/ConsumerIssues.html Some browsers/addons/OS's might choke if 'popups' are blocked and you get one forced on you or it gets blocked but you don't get the page rendering you were expecting and *you* tell your browser to reload. You could try an experiment with Firefox: set block popups, refuse cookies (also clear all cookies), turn off Java, Java scripting. Install the extension 'AdBlocker', then go surf the web. If a site misbehaves then you can decide whether they are worth it to let them set cookies, turn on Java, etc. for example. After that single site has been allowed to set cookies then go 'home', look at the cookies and see what they stuffed there. Any site that tries to do me what you are describing goes in my web equivalent of the killfile. There is so much 'out there' that you won't be missing a thing. (YMMV) -- "The Godfather": Clemenza to Sonny: "Who? "ServedbyAdvertising"? You won't be seein' him no more." |
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On 2006-04-23, <> wrote:
> I don't know WTF this is, but it's all over the internet. And, > whenever I go to a site where there is a link to it, I get disconnected > from the internet on my dial-up connection and my computer acts very > strange, often needing a reboot. > > I have all this anti-spyware stuff on my PC including Spybot, Adaware, > Spyware Blaster etc.... and they never kill this thing. The browser > it doesn't get along with the most is Opera, and that creates a > nightmare for me. > > What happens when you guys go to this link? > > http://servedby.advertising.com/* That looks to me like a completely empty page; nothing there at all. > My PC hangs, and then disconnects. Yet I cannot find many sites that > don't have this site linked to it in some way. What is it anyway? > And... how can I prevent it from messing up my browsing? > > Thanks > > Leesa (I) There is something broken about the way servedby.advertising design the content they want to provide for their advertisements, which seems to cause problems for some people. They do also seem to have a history of using 'spyware'. You are keeping your adware, spyware, and anti-virus, tools up-to-date at least every week, aren't you? If you don't actually want to see adverts from servedby.advertising, add the URL to your 'hosts' file with a re-direction to 127.0.0.1 or use Opera's own filter.ini file. See also <http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=453060812>; you may well have picked up a 'tracking cookie'. In Opera, you can use 'Tools - Advanced - Cookies' to see what cookies are active for Opera, and delete any you don't want. I have 'Tools - Preferences - Advanced - Cookies' set to 'Delete new cookies when exiting Opera', so that no cookies last long for me ) I also have Opera running with 'Java', 'JavaScript', 'Plugins', and 'images', all disabled by default - and 'pop-ups' set to 'block unwanted pop-ups'. That seems to clean up web pages quite a lot, as well as cut out pointless traffic on my internet connection - and I can easily enable the features I want for a particular page using the F12 key or Opera short-cuts, or the buttons I've put on my customised toolbars. -- -- ^^^^^^^^^^ -- Whiskers -- ~~~~~~~~~~ |
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On 2006-04-23, Beauregard T. Shagnasty <> wrote:
> Jimchip wrote: > >> You could try an experiment with Firefox: set block popups, refuse >> cookies (also clear all cookies), turn off Java, Java scripting. >> Install the extension 'AdBlocker', then go surf the web. > > You can also add the PrefBar extension, so as to put the toggling of > those things right there in front of you. Makes it easy for when you get > to a site that 1.) you trust and 2.) needs them. > > http://prefbar.mozdev.org/ > and with the customize dialog open: > http://k75s.home.att.net/images/prefbar.png That is a good one but it doesn't suit my preferences. AdBlocker shows up in the status bar (which I like having visible anyway) but the prefbar is an extra bar under the bookmark bar (AFAIK) and I like the bars 'up top' to be a minimum. I don't even have a nav tool bar showing-- I use alt-arrow commands from the keyboard, for example. I have a bookmarks bar showing and Forecastfox sits there, too -- I sure do like Firefox. |
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Jimchip wrote:
> On 2006-04-23, Beauregard T. Shagnasty <> wrote: >> Jimchip wrote: >> >>> You could try an experiment with Firefox: set block popups, refuse >>> cookies (also clear all cookies), turn off Java, Java scripting. >>> Install the extension 'AdBlocker', then go surf the web. >> >> You can also add the PrefBar extension, so as to put the toggling of >> those things right there in front of you. Makes it easy for when you >> get to a site that 1.) you trust and 2.) needs them. >> >> http://prefbar.mozdev.org/ and with the customize dialog open: >> http://k75s.home.att.net/images/prefbar.png > > That is a good one but it doesn't suit my preferences. AdBlocker > shows up in the status bar (which I like having visible anyway) but > the prefbar is an extra bar under the bookmark bar (AFAIK) and I like > the bars 'up top' to be a minimum. Get a taller monitor!  The extra bar doesn't bother me much at all; in fact I have Chris Pederick's Web Developer Toolbar there as well. http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/ > I don't even have a nav tool bar showing-- I use alt-arrow commands > from the keyboard, for example. I have a bookmarks bar showing and > Forecastfox sits there, too Yeah, ForecastFox is a nice extension. I have looked at it, but decided against using it. I do have a link to my local weather on my local custom start page, or ... I just look out the window. <g> -- -bts -Warning: I brake for lawn deer |
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On 2006-04-23, Beauregard T. Shagnasty <> wrote:
> Jimchip wrote: > >> On 2006-04-23, Beauregard T. Shagnasty <> wrote: >>> Jimchip wrote: >>> >>>> You could try an experiment with Firefox: set block popups, refuse >>>> cookies (also clear all cookies), turn off Java, Java scripting. >>>> Install the extension 'AdBlocker', then go surf the web. >>> >>> You can also add the PrefBar extension, so as to put the toggling of >>> those things right there in front of you. Makes it easy for when you >>> get to a site that 1.) you trust and 2.) needs them. >>> >>> http://prefbar.mozdev.org/ and with the customize dialog open: >>> http://k75s.home.att.net/images/prefbar.png >> >> That is a good one but it doesn't suit my preferences. AdBlocker >> shows up in the status bar (which I like having visible anyway) but >> the prefbar is an extra bar under the bookmark bar (AFAIK) and I like >> the bars 'up top' to be a minimum. > > Get a taller monitor! > > The extra bar doesn't bother me much at all; in fact I have Chris > Pederick's Web Developer Toolbar there as well. > http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/ > >> I don't even have a nav tool bar showing-- I use alt-arrow commands >> from the keyboard, for example. I have a bookmarks bar showing and >> Forecastfox sits there, too > > Yeah, ForecastFox is a nice extension. I have looked at it, but decided > against using it. I do have a link to my local weather on my local > custom start page, or ... I just look out the window. <g> Ahh, but we're going to take a bit of a drive today and I just type in the zipcode of the destination-- I've been watching the weather 'down' there. -- Eric Cartman: "Sweeet!" |
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