Why does Apolyton carry spyware?

[techumseh]

I've recently activated Spybot software. As I navigate Apolyton I get repeated messages saying it's blocked "Avenue A, Inc." and "Double Click". Avenue A is well known spyware. Why do you permit it to be downloaded from your site onto unsuspecting users? I don't find it on any of the other sites that I frequent.

[Sava]

I don't get such things.

Maybe you have something installed on your machine that is causing you to have those popups when you visit Poly.

[MarkG]

Re: Why does Apolyton carry spyware?

Originally posted by techumseh
Why do you permit it to be downloaded from your site onto unsuspecting users?

Why do you accuse us of such a thing with no proof?

[H Tower]

doubleclick is advertising, it puts a cookie on your computer. It barely qualifies as spyware, and it certainly isn't malicious. Does SpyBot say what it is blocking, not just from whom?

[techumseh]

Re: Re: Why does Apolyton carry spyware?

Originally posted by MarkG
Why do you accuse us of such a thing with no proof?

My spyware program shows Avenue A, Inc. attempting to download to my computer everytime I click a new page on Apolyton. If you took my question to mean that you were deliberately doing this, I apologize.

[MarkG]

apology accepted

when someone permits something, it's easily assumed that he is aware of it's existance...

now, if you could provide more information (url's, screenshots) on which exact ads display create this warning on your pc we could look into it and act

[Urban Ranger]

Re: Re: Re: Why does Apolyton carry spyware?

Originally posted by techumseh
My spyware program shows Avenue A, Inc. attempting to download to my computer everytime I click a new page on Apolyton.

Use Firefox. It fixes at least 95% of such problems.

You should also adjust the setting of your browser so it will ask you before allowing a cookie.

[Kataphraktoi]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Why does Apolyton carry spyware?

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Use Firefox. It fixes at least 95% of such problems.

You should also adjust the setting of your browser so it will ask you before allowing a cookie.

its also capable of fixing that most serious of all problems, ads themselves

or you could get PLUS,which would also work...