This auction ad link B.S. is killing me!!!

[RBLilly]

So are you saying that you think it is a better idea for all of the members of the forum to have to take action to "put an end to it" than for the admin just to remove the offending adware?

That is what I am getting from your posts.

Well then I guess you are jumping to conclusions. Yes the administrator should research and get rid of it, for the sites sake. However, you can't rely on every website to be totally secure. Therefore every member should be smart enough to take action themselves. If they are not, then that is their own fault. Most people however want to know how to protect their computers.

 

[sky..]

It was cookies. I didn't see it before because my settings was on "allow cookies". When I turned it off, my browser started asking me if I want to accept cookies from this site (auction ads cookies)

 

[a9ballbr8k]

Ok, I did nothing and apparently it works for me now. It shows the auctionads url and then quickly "redirects" to ebay without getting hung up like it did before displaying "Blocked Ads".

 

[olauzon]

Most of you are not "getting" it. There is no anti-virus, anti-spyware or anti-adware detector that will stop this

as good as spot on.

always have a hard time figuring out what people are so scared of. we all get these emails about the worst tech snakes literally strangling you as you sit there about to go piss. the scams, the frauds, the horses, the ads etc can easily be avoided but no, don't take advice, no listen, have somebody you can blame and keep your scare.

it's a fairly easy game in actuality. if it isn't, then you need to learn how to re-build. that's if you keep your scare that is.

why do people think safety when the table is there to run (if you can see the run at all)?

 

[mailman]

... You can stop redirects by having enough safety tactics in place to keep redirecting cookies from even entering your system.

Tx -- cookies do not redirect -- they only store a VERY SMALL (less than 1k) amount of ANONYMOUS (i.e., NON-PERSONAL, NON-IDENTIFICATION and NON-FINANCIAL/CREDIT) information on your computer and then relay it back to an originating site, in this case auctionads.com, to help focus and speed up navigation, as they track your previous navigations upon click-through. This also helps auctionads decide how much money to pay out to whoever is using their ad banners (in this case, AZBilliards). It is the auctionads site that is actually doing the redirection, NOT the cookie.

However, what you wrote is, nonetheless, quite COOL as I did not know that popular security software would stop a redirect from another site (never had to deal with it as a result of my HOSTS file). I DID know that the long-available POP-UP Blockers do this, however. So, why not normal security software? This is a good deal.

Those who have Norton or McAfee on their machines should be looking for this capability. Those with a Windows-compatible browser (IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.) all have a setting somewhere that can be used to deny acceptance of cookies, or to "prompt" first for acceptance or denial of cookies -- if you feel like using this, go look for it.

Just remember that some sites where you have to log-in to a secure area use a COOKIE-BASED POP-UP or WEBPAGE to enable the log-in sequence -- if you have your cookies blocked, you may NOT be able to log-in to things like your online access to your bank account, areas where you might habitually pay your monthly bills, your brokerage account where you do online trading of stocks and/or futures/commodities, etc.

What you REALLY need to do in your browser setting is to disable automatic downloading of ActiveX files, setting this to "Prompt only" -- this is where you get the bugs -- the one John Barton showed us is ONE OF THESE!

Of course, if you have your security software set to MAX security, like Txplshrk, you may not have to worry about this

Rock on Tx -- and thanks again !!!

 

[mailman]

Ok, I did nothing and apparently it works for me now. It shows the auctionads url and then quickly "redirects" to ebay without getting hung up like it did before displaying "Blocked Ads".

Your possible "problem" is STILL NOT SOLVED!!! Auctionads, like the other sites that use ROGUE POP-UPs that I talked about earlier, do NOT set their sites so that this nasty little pop-up comes up every time. THIS is where the COOKIE on your computer possibly comes in.

The cookie is a "tracker." It sets itself every time you click-through auctionads.com to some other site. It stores a small amount of info on your computer about your HABITS ONLY, and NOTHING about your personal identity. It does not even store your computer's IP number!!!

However, it is polled and the info retrieved each time you go to the site that originated the cookie. It only knows what TYPES of sites you have clicked-through to, when and HOW MANY TIMES.

Now, when you click on a link that goes through auctionads, it will have code on its page that examines the information on the cookie it has just retrieved before it does any redirection. One of the things it does is check the "how many" number on the cookie -- and, when you reach a certain predetermined number --

VOILA!!!

you will get a pop-up, VERY POSSIBLY one containing ROGUE and INVASIVE CODE, such as the one John Barton showed us.

This is why you don't get the pop-up every time you click-through auctionads. Just for kicks, why don't you see if you can find this cookie, delete it and then see what happens when you click on one of these links a few times?

 

[azhousepro]

OK, I was assured by Auction Ads that the text file thing had been resolved but it appears as if it has not.

I am off to turn this damned thing off again and find a better solution.

Mike

 

[azhousepro]

OK, I did away with Auction Ads. Instead, I just set up an acct with ebay's affiliate program (which is what Auction Ads was supposed to be doing).

I have code in place now that is rewriting the ebay links using their affiliate program and I see that it sends the user through a different machine at ebay.

Since I am not getting the issues that others are getting, can those who have had problems in the past check and let me know if they are still having problems?

Mike

 

[mailman]

OK, I did away with Auction Ads. Instead, I just set up an acct with ebay's affiliate program (which is what Auction Ads was supposed to be doing).

I have code in place now that is rewriting the ebay links using their affiliate program and I see that it sends the user through a different machine at ebay.

Since I am not getting the issues that others are getting, can those who have had problems in the past check and let me know if they are still having problems?

Mike

KUDOs, Mike -- this is a very good solution. eBay will also send the odd pop-up once in a great while, but they are NON-invasive and inconsequential. I also hope this brings you clearer and better revenue!!!

I don't have ANY eBay site in my HOSTS file -- .

 

[Ktown D]

Thanks for changing it over Mike. I clicked on a link to ebay and with just a slight delay I was linked to the auction without a problem. I think this will resolve most if not all of the issues. I am not very familiar with the Rover setup w/ ebay but at least the links work for me now.