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Double Click Spy ware on Tech Rebublic

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by n3voc

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One of the most anoying problems we as IT profesionals face is Ad/Spy-ware. I find it particularly anoying that one of the sites, THIS ONE, that I come to for advice on prevent things like this is in fact sending it out! I recently set spybot to monitor activity, and the 1st thing it prevents is Tech Republic's site from installing Double Click spy-ware. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

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by deepsand

DoubleClick is use by TR, ZD, & many respected sites for ad placement & web trends stats.

They are NOT here DOWNLOADING any "mal-ware."

Still, out of habit, I block them.

by scybyte

DoubleClick is just one of the cookies that Pest Patrol Pro detected here but even free sites have to pay their bill. If you do not want cookies you have option to eighter block them or set them to expire instantly after you receive them. I love the phrase "ad placement & web trends stats" put a smile on my face.

by house

you beat me to the punch line. :)

I don't care much... I try to block anything exept the com.com, but it takes a bit of administration. I set a trust fo TR and when I notice a few slipping through, I add them to the blacklist.

They don't appear to be threatening, so I don't care either way. I access TR from a few machines... only my home pc blocks them.

by jaqui

I also reject cookies that contain the phrase "ad"
in them.

I only accept cookies from originating website, with an explicit consent privacy policy.

by house

They are simple tech trackers... if you don't like them, they are easy enough to block.

If they really wanted to screw us over, they would use a cookie from a third party ad domain to store our login creds.

by dafe2

That's like being worried when/if "car vandals" make the front page news in the city of New York.

by dafe2

Woof the ones Dare makes. They don't allways 'have good things in em.'

by house

Now that's a cookie. They might be only available in Canada... I don't know.

by jdclyde

They use cookies too.

Dude, you really have better things to worry about.

If it helps them pay the bills so I can come to this site for FREE everyday, a cookie (while bad for me) won't hurt my system.

Now if they put a highjack or actually INSTALL something then that would be different.

How much do you pay for TR?

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