NationStates Jolt Archive


Head's Up!

Male Sexual Love
07-01-2005, 15:10
NS uses a data miner that is easily removed using a Lavasoft program called 'Adaware'.

:Pause:

"Though, they probably won't appreciate me mentioning this."
Hirota
07-01-2005, 15:45
wow, it looks like you are right:

evidence 1 (http://uploads.savefile.com/redir/82730.jpg)
evidence 2 (http://uploads.savefile.com/redir/82733.jpg)

And there I was about to give you a verbal bashing. Although I'm not awfully bothered.
Unfree People
07-01-2005, 19:17
That would be the forums' very annoying adserver leaving stuff on your computer. We can't really do anything about that.
SalusaSecondus
07-01-2005, 23:05
Yeah, that's jolt keeping track of what ads they've shown you in the forums. And coming from someone who is mildly paranoid about their privacy . . . it really isn't anything much to worry about. Clean it (I block them altogether), leave it alone, whatever. These ones are really pretty harmless.
Right thinking whites
07-01-2005, 23:15
Yeah, that's jolt keeping track of what ads they've shown you in the forums. And coming from someone who is mildly paranoid about their privacy . . . it really isn't anything much to worry about. Clean it (I block them altogether), leave it alone, whatever. These ones are really pretty harmless.
how do you block them??
Kryozerkia
07-01-2005, 23:21
how do you block them??
Lose IE... Get Mozilla Firefox and use the adImage block feature.
Right thinking whites
08-01-2005, 02:21
Lose IE... Get Mozilla Firefox and use the adImage block feature.
i cant lose ie till my laptop is outa the shop and i have my desk top overhauled
The Most Glorious Hack
08-01-2005, 07:53
Or, just not worry about them.
Steel Butterfly
08-01-2005, 22:06
Hopefully that anti-spyware and anti-adware law is passed soon.

*completely in the dark about its progress*
Right thinking whites
11-01-2005, 23:10
Lose IE... Get Mozilla Firefox and use the adImage block feature.
ok i got it now,where is this feature?
Kwaswhakistan
12-01-2005, 02:40
right click on an image ad and choose "block images from whatever.com"
Hirota
12-01-2005, 14:47
Hopefully that anti-spyware and anti-adware law is passed soon.

*completely in the dark about its progress*


ahh but jolt is a british website...so I imagine once it passes here in the UK we will be happy :)
SalusaSecondus
12-01-2005, 15:16
And a cookie of this sort doesn't count as Adware or spyware.