[ARC5] Speaking of Cautionary Tales

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

Not so strange. Even Google has instituted a built-in function to track your 
web visits called "Google Analytics" They sell the damned thing to ISPs too.

Having your browsers set up to accept cookies is a VBT (Very Bad Thing). 
Turn the damned things off, and clean them ALL out.

There are also a bunch of browser hijackers out there...including Google...

One of the worst is BeesQ.net. If you end up with that cursed POS, you will 
find a 13 page document on the web on how to ultimately get rid of it...and 
your antivirus won't even know a hijacker is there.

The insidious piece of garbage.

My wife picked it up. It took 4 additional pieces of software, including 
HitManPro, MalwareBytes, and two others, and about 6 hours fo finally 
stomp the little demon into pieces of electrons, and that was MOST 
satisifying.

God, how I loathe and despise hackers. :-(

Ken W7EKB


On 16 Nov 2013 at 19:49, Robert  Eleazer wrote:

> Here's a strange one for y'all to ponder.
> 
> A few weeks back John Foster and I were exchanging personal e-mails
> about design of DC to AC inverters.  
> 
> Now, for some time I have noted that if I go to some sales websites
> and look some items, when I go to other news and information websites
> the pop-up adverts often will be from those same sales websites
> showing those same items.  Obviously, they are reading the cookies
> left by those websites and are figuring out what I am interested in
> and showing me that in the ads.
> 
> But very soon after John and mine's discussions on inverters, on one
> of the news and info websites I got a pop up advert for DC to AC
> inverters.  I had not gone to any sales website and looked for those
> items, since John and I were discussing the design of one I had built
> a long time ago.
> 
> So how did that know about that if they were not reading my e-mails as
> well as the cookies?
> 
> Wayne  
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Kenneth G. Gordon W7EKB

"Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway."--- John   Wayne