Same problems every time I run Spybot S&D

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hotspur

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Hi

This is my first time in the Safer Networking forums.
I searched but did not find my problrm posted before.

Every time I run Spybot S&D, the same problems are found - even though I select and fix all of them after every such search.
That is what happens even when I reun several SpyBotS&D scans concecutively, without doing anything else on the PC between scans.

For example, here is the list of problems found:
AdRevolver
Advertising.com
BurstMedia
CasaleMedia
CoreMetrics
DoubleClick
Fast Click
HitBox
HitsLink
LinkSynergy
MediaPlex
Statcounter
Tradedoubler
WebTrends live
Zedo

Another odd seeming thing: after I fix them, a message always appears stating that 52 problems were fixed. However, as you can see from the list above, there are less than 52 problems listed.
 
Would you happen to use Firefox for a browser?
Could you please do this?
  • Open SpyBot.
  • Check for problems.
  • When finished, right click and choose copy results (not the full report) to clipboard and post that into topic.
 
Hi Zenobia
Yes, my browser is Firefox.
Following is a copy of the search results, as pasted into the clipboard:

AdRevolver: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


AdRevolver: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


AdRevolver: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Advertising.com: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Advertising.com: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Advertising.com: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Advertising.com: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Advertising.com: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


BurstMedia: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


BurstMedia: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


CasaleMedia: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


CasaleMedia: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


CasaleMedia: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


CasaleMedia: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


CasaleMedia: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


DoubleClick: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


HitBox: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


HitBox: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


HitBox: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


HitBox: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


HitBox: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


HitBox: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


HitBox: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


HitBox: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


FastClick: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


FastClick: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


FastClick: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


HitBox: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


HitBox: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


LinkSynergy: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


LinkSynergy: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


MediaPlex: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Statcounter: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Statcounter: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Statcounter: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Statcounter: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Statcounter: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Statcounter: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Statcounter: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Tradedoubler: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Tradedoubler: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Zedo: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Zedo: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


Zedo: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


DoubleClick: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


HitsLink: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


CoreMetrics: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


AdRevolver: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


AdRevolver: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


AdRevolver: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


AdRevolver: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)


WebTrends live: Tracking cookie (Firefox: default) (Cookie, nothing done)



--- Spybot - Search & Destroy version: 1.4 (build: 20050523) ---

2005-05-31 blindman.exe (1.0.0.1)
2005-05-31 SpybotSD.exe (1.4.0.3)
2005-05-31 TeaTimer.exe (1.4.0.2)
2006-09-11 unins000.exe (51.41.0.0)
2005-05-31 Update.exe (1.4.0.0)
2007-05-23 advcheck.dll (1.5.3.0)
2005-05-31 aports.dll (2.1.0.0)
2005-05-31 borlndmm.dll (7.0.4.453)
2005-05-31 delphimm.dll (7.0.4.453)
2005-05-31 SDHelper.dll (1.4.0.0)
2007-07-31 Tools.dll (2.1.2.0)
2005-05-31 UnzDll.dll (1.73.1.1)
2005-05-31 ZipDll.dll (1.73.2.0)
2007-08-29 Includes\Cookies.sbi (*)
2007-07-25 Includes\Dialer.sbi (*)
2007-08-29 Includes\DialerC.sbi (*)
2007-08-29 Includes\Hijackers.sbi (*)
2007-08-29 Includes\HijackersC.sbi (*)
2007-07-25 Includes\Keyloggers.sbi (*)
2007-08-29 Includes\KeyloggersC.sbi (*)
2007-08-29 Includes\Malware.sbi (*)
2007-08-29 Includes\MalwareC.sbi (*)
2007-08-29 Includes\PUPS.sbi (*)
2007-08-29 Includes\PUPSC.sbi (*)
2007-08-29 Includes\Revision.sbi (*)
2007-05-30 Includes\Security.sbi (*)
2007-08-29 Includes\SecurityC.sbi (*)
2007-08-01 Includes\Spybots.sbi (*)
2007-08-29 Includes\SpybotsC.sbi (*)
2007-08-21 Includes\Tracks.uti
2007-08-29 Includes\Trojans.sbi (*)
2007-08-29 Includes\TrojansC.sbi (*)
2007-06-06 Plugins\TCPIPAddress.dll
 
Hello,

Doubleclick (and others like Advertising.com, Avenue A, Inc, CasaleMedia, Fastclick, Hitbox, Mediaplex etc.) are so-called tracking cookies. It is quite common for popular websites to employ such tracking cookies from third parties. They use them in order to track the users' surfing habits on their websites. As I said, these cookies are from third parties but they are employed by the site. There is a tool in Spybot-S&D: BrowserHelper, i.e. a bad download blocker for Internet Explorer. With this tool enabled such tracking cookies will be blocked. In order to activate this tool, please run Spybot-S&D and go to the "Immunize" page. Checking the checkbox will enable the BrowserHelper, a drop down menu will appear giving you some options. You should select "Block all bad pages silently". With that option set the notifications will no longer come up, but you will still have the protection.

We are sorry, but the Immunization does not work for Firefox in the 1.4, it is only for the Internet Explorer. ActiveX isn't supported by Firefox, so there is no need for protection there.
In the coming version of Spybot there will be a bad download blocker for Firefox and Opera, but not at the moment.

Here is a thread in our forum that deals with the same problem:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=3008

If you don't have any other cookies you want to save in Firefox,you could click the Remove All Cookies button. This would be easiest, but don't do it if you have any cookies you want to keep.

If you do have other cookies in Firefox you want to keep, could remove the cookies manually from within Firefox. To do so go to Tools->Options->click the Cookies tab, then click the View Cookies button.
Looking off the Spybot report, scroll through the list to find the tracking cookie(s), then click on the tracking cookie with your mouse, and then click on the remove cookie(s) button.

Or you could try doing another scan with Spybot and see if it removes the tracking cookies this time (though it might not work, but you could try and see).

There's an article here, showing how to block third party cookies.
http://www.spybot.info/en/faq/37.html

It is also recommendable to use SpywareBlaster also, which has an option to Prevent ad/tracking cookies in firefox.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot
 
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