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  1. Redan_White

    Redan_White Member

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    Yieldmanager, Tribalfusion and Serving-sys, the last two are NOT your nice cuddly shopping data stealing type
     
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    cookie.Ru4 also
     
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  3. Redan_White

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    Yieldmanager is just a pin in the arse as it makes your system unstable
     
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  4. Steven Royston O'Neill

    Steven Royston O'Neill Well-Known Member

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    never had a problem and the site has good security
     
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    Steven Royston O'Neill, Jul 6, 2012
  5. Redan_White

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    Syd, I don't lie, turn on your antivirus to look for malicious cookies it will sound like space invaders
     
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  6. MrRAWhite

    MrRAWhite Well-Known Member

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    I usually give my computer a scan at the end of each day, and although tracking cookies are always found and resolved, they are almost always classed as low risk and have never caused any problems.
     
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  7. Redan_White

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    It's illegal
     
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  8. Steven Royston O'Neill

    Steven Royston O'Neill Well-Known Member

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    I'm not saying you are, just that I have never had a problem but have passed it to Mick
     
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    Steven Royston O'Neill, Jul 6, 2012
  9. Redan_White

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    I've had problems with IE crashing constantly, I have found the culprit
     
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  10. Steven Royston O'Neill

    Steven Royston O'Neill Well-Known Member

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    I'm sure Mick will be interested so I will leave it to him, just don't like accusations thrown about.
     
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  11. Nads

    Nads Well-Known Member

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    The culprit for that is not tracking cookies, but Microsoft having awful software in IE that clashes with it's very own Windows 7!

    Use chrome, be happy! IE is ****ing awful, slow, uses massive amounts of CPU memory, and watches everything you do (the worlds biggest tracking cookie, at least Google ask first!)
     
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  12. Darth Plagueis

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    It's all the links lads. Mostly from the ****s from GC posting Gay/Animal/Child porn or whatever other ****ty links.

    The odd link from any other website can have a cookie or a virus that someones firewall can pick up.
     
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  13. Redan_White

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    Tell AVG that :( (just started monitoring due to instability)
     
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  14. Steven Royston O'Neill

    Steven Royston O'Neill Well-Known Member

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    I have AVG and its not telling me anything
     
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    Steven Royston O'Neill, Jul 6, 2012
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    Tash how come the menu page, without links, graphics still sets AVG off??
     
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    Syd go into settings and tell it to look for malicious cookies
     
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  17. Steven Royston O'Neill

    Steven Royston O'Neill Well-Known Member

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    think we have had enough panic so will let Mick sort it
     
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  18. Nads

    Nads Well-Known Member

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    Do you have 'full' AVG or 'free'.

    Despite AVG's claims, the free version is not nearly as effective, I had full AVG with no problems, went to free, never found anything but cookies.

    I then got 'full' again after a month or so and it instantly found a mind boggling 700-odd issues (all fixed, but still).

    I have Norton at the minute as I got a year free with new laptop, and it is ****.
     
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    Nads Well-Known Member

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    That's because Mick hasn't registered the site's identity, but many websites don't, including some massive ones.
     
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  20. Redan_White

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    Syd, Doesn't look by default Open AVG, SELECT- scan options - SELECT - change scan settings - SELECT scan for tracking cookies ( you need active threat detection on)
     
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