TheJoker
Premium,VIP,MVM
join:2001-04-26
Alexandria, VA
| reply to The Brain
Re: Hijack
Hi The Brain
Your log shows no sign of infection.
quote:
Both Mal and Spy found and removed things I find on a daily bases that sptbot finds some thing called doubleclick-computer is running slightly lame and sticky since.
What they are finding is a tracking cookie. You get that anytime you visit a web site that uses DoubleClick.
I wouldn't worry about the cookies. Cookies are just text files, and many sites use them. They store everything from user preferences, last post read at forums, language preference, or even the items you order at a site on-line (your "shopping basket"). Other sites use them to track what ads you've already seen, or pages you selected, to try to deliver you similar ads. If cookies are a concern, you can install a program to control them, like Cookie Pal, Cookie Crusher, Cookie Cruncher or others.
Most of those ad or tracking cookies are third party cookies, and you can block many of those:
»www.bobulous.org.uk/misc/third-p···ies.html
In Firefox, go to Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies
Click the small triangle next to cookies to expand that tab and put a check next to "for the originating website only". This will prevent third party cookies from being installed on your computer.
In Internet Explorer, go to Tools > Internet Options > Privacy and click on Advanced in the Privacy tab
Now put a check next to "Override automatic cookie handling"
Set first party cookies to Accept and third party cookies to Block
Also put a check to "Always allow session cookies" OK your way out.
This won't prevent all tracking cookies from being installed, but will reduce the amount.
SpywareBlaster can also be used to block ad/tracking cookies in Internet Explorer and Firefox.
In Opera, open the Tools menu on the menu bar and click Preferences...
Select the Advanced tab in the top row of the options dialogue.
Select Cookies in the column on the left.
Make sure that the button labeled Accept only cookies from the site I visit is the one selected.
If you want to be asked before each cookie is set, tick the box labeled Ask me before accepting cookies (but be warned that this will happen a lot).
Once you've chosen your settings, click Okay at the bottom of the options dialogue.
I would point out though that as you are using VNC Server, that it can be a security risk if you don't use a strong password - at least eight characters, including both upper and lower case letters, at least one number, and a special character such as !, @, # (upper case on the numbers).
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