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Avenue A Spyware and TechRepublic

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by adsrus

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Everytime I click on a response to a message thread I get a notification that my PC has successfully blocked "Avenue A" (a known spyware). Does TechRepublic has any reason to use "Avenue A"?

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by gbrownlee

I too have noticed spyware being placed into my system at TR. It is a sign of the times. Seemingly, every site you visit nowadays places some sort of malware into pcs.

What application are you using that is picking up on Ave. A?

by thechas

I have to say that I would be very surprised if Tech Republic itself was making use of Spy-Ware.

Perhaps one of the advertisers, but not TR themselves.

I suspect that TR's cookie handling looks like Avenue A to your anti-spy-ware software.

Check back on Monday.
I suspect that a TR staffer may respond and clear up any concerns.

Chas

by adusen

I've been on other sites where my installation of SpyBot blocks things from Avenue A and it was my impression that it was trying to come through an advertiser. Also, a recent scan with SpyBot turned up a Tracking Cookie from Avenue A. Annoying to be sure, but not as malicious as an EXE ...

by dubtek

Every page I visit on Yahoo gets a complaint from "Spybot Search and Destroy" that Avenue A is trying to download. I haven't really investigated in depth, but the number of different pages seem to indicate that it's coming straight from Yahoo. Not too surprising, given the advertising income nature of the beast.

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