BAD COOKIES come from this web site
Julan Dremora
05-03-2005, 16:01
:sniper: :mp5: :gundge: :mad: :mad: When i did a virus and other checks for my comp. i have found bad cookies that came FROM THIS WEB SITE!! I think nation states should stop doing this. putting trackers on peoples computers is is is is issss...HORRIBLE! :mad: I kinda have the feeling this post will be deleted......... but o well
Bad cookie! BAD COOKIE! Sit! Stay...stay.
Good cookie.
Midlonia
05-03-2005, 17:10
The fact that you:
A) didn't post this in Technical
b) used goodness knows how many stupid smilies to prove your point
Would probably get the thread deated for spam, or just moved.
First impressions are everything.
Tarlachia
05-03-2005, 17:35
The fact that you:
A) didn't post this in Technical
b) used goodness knows how many stupid smilies to prove your point
Would probably get the thread deated for spam, or just moved.
First impressions are everything.
*reads thread host's post count* First impressions...I'd say...
Ad-aware flags the auto-login cookie as a tracking cookie because it has the term 'cgi-bin' in it. In case you hadn't noticed, the URL to this site is http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi. It's fairly safe to say that a cookie that does nothing but automatically log you in is not spyware or adware.
*Thanks Myrth, hugs cookie and calls it "George"*
General Mike
05-03-2005, 19:02
I think Ad-aware picks up cookies from the Jolt adverts too.
Gaian Ascendancy
05-03-2005, 19:29
I use that too, and get the same results, one cookie from NS and another from the ads that come with it.
Nanakaland
05-03-2005, 19:45
Ad-aware flags the auto-login cookie as a tracking cookie because it has the term 'cgi-bin' in it. In case you hadn't noticed, the URL to this site is http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi. It's fairly safe to say that a cookie that does nothing but automatically log you in is not spyware or adware.Thank you Myrth. So that's how I get rid of auto-log in when doing it under settings doesn't work.
I think Ad-aware picks up cookies from the Jolt adverts too.
Yeah, Jolt's ad-server cookies are just there so Jolt knows which ads you've seen before and which you haven't.
Cookies are pretty much harmless - they can't be executed and they can only be read by the site that set them in the first place.
The Joe Smith
24-01-2008, 00:03
I'm fairly new to nationstates and just determined that a total of 12 infections occur every time I access this site. 11/12 are harmless cookies, but 1 is a known bad cookie from "bfast.com". marked as "high" threat level in spyware doctor. I'm sure that it won't do any harm to my computer, but nevertheless, I don't like it.
Katganistan
24-01-2008, 00:47
1) Bad gravedig, bad!
2) I've got spyware-detection programs and they don't pick up anything from bfast.com. Make sure you didn't pick up this infestation elsewhere.
Pythagosaurus
24-01-2008, 02:34
Just for some clarification on the "dangers" of cookies:
Cookies cannot be executed. They cannot give you viruses. They can only store information (up to 4KB) on your computer, and they can only be accessed by the website that put them there.
Some ad companies place cookies that track some pages you visit: namely, those that also display ads from the same company. The reason this works is because you access their website when you download the ad, and this lets them set and check their own cookies.
NationStates does not have any ads from external websites. Jolt might. If you're concerned about ad companies knowing some websites you visit and offering you more relevant ads, you should use firefox's adblock plugin.