Stupid "SpyWare Alert" popup starting to piss me off...

[Guardian]

I've had it pop up at least 17 times over the past 10 minutes browsing the forums!

Seriously, ONCE is ENOUGH!

In my opinion, regardless of contents, a good site is no longer a good site once it takes to spamming people with stupid pop-ups. I'd hate to see 'Poly go down that alley.

[Nubclear]

Re: Stupid "SpyWare Alert" popup starting to piss me off...

The Britney "Picture Gallery" add is also getting to me (Not because of its contents! I swear! ) but because every time it pops upp, two more adds pop up and suddewnly disappear and pop up again.

[MarkG]

do you have cookies enabled?

[Guardian]

Yup. Automatic logon and all.
I do not allow all cookies though.

Commission Junction (www.qksrv.net) comes up as a restricted site, and their cookies are being blocked because they collect information which would allow them to uniquely identify me and monitor my activities. I don't allow that, so if that's how you keep track of who's already gotten the pop-up, then you don't have that information on me.

[DrSpike]

Is this the "your computer is broadcasting an IP address one"? That one is particularly annoying.

[MarkG]

it's not CJ
do you get warnings when each and every cookie is attempted to be written? if you have that as an option, enable it, see from where they are requested, and allow them.

these cookies are for YOUR sake, so that you dont get more ads than what you should

[Skanky Burns]

You can set your browser to allow cookies for apolyton only if you so wish. Thats how mine is configured, and no problems here.

[MarkG]

our pop-up ads providers are in some cases using cookies as well, to limit the amount of pop-ups shown. so they have to be allowed too if you want to get less ads

[Skanky Burns]

I don't trust other sites. If a few more pop-ups are the price I pay, so be it.

[Guardian]

Originally posted by MarkG
it's not CJ
do you get warnings when each and every cookie is attempted to be written?

Usually no. I just set my policies and let the computer handle the rest.

Is it AdResolver (adsensorserve.com:8888) ?

It just came up on my privacy report as a restricted site who's cookies were being blocked.

[MarkG]

Is it AdResolver (adsensorserve.com:8888) ?

yes, that's correct

the spyware popup originates from www.spywarenuker.com so you might see a related report on that as well

[Guardian]

I see.

Guess I might have to consider allowing these cookies then...

[MarkG]

indeed.
it's YOUR choice, not something we impose on you

[Guardian]

Heh.
Well, for some reason, that kind of reminds me of a Dilbert strip I once read, where this salesperson comes in to sell a new computer operating system. In a rare display of vendor honesty, he explains that the product he's selling is more expensive and less reliable than the previous version, but "we're counting on your irrational need to always have the latest version."

Dilbert looks at him and says, "I hate your weasel guts, but I'll take one for home and one for the office."

[Jeremy Buloch]

Whenever I surf Apoly. I just put my ad-blocker on and no problem here. It also helps with other sites.
-J.B.-