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Thread ID: 71724 2006-08-14 19:50:00 Firefox is Spyware JJJJJ (528) Press F1
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478514 2006-08-14 22:58:00 Stating that Firefox is spyware is quite a bold statement, especially when you follow it up by thinking that cookies are a part of Fireworks. superuser (7693)
478515 2006-08-14 23:29:00 Just as an aside, spyware/viruses are all built from code (the type of code depends on the writers expertise in whatever language). Sometimes, a piece of the code from a virus will share similar bits of code to a legit application. Some antiviruses/antispyware run from a database of [bits of] code. Occassionally, the code within the legit app that is similar to the virus code will be detected as a virus. This is where the term false-positive comes from.

Hope this makes some sense for those who didn't know :)
Myth (110)
478516 2006-08-15 02:29:00 just set firefox to keep cookies untill its closed then once ff is is shutdown the cookies are gone beama (111)
478517 2006-08-15 09:35:00 tools - options - privacy
cookies tab

select
allow sites to set cookies
-- for the origating site only

and if you're really worried

keep cookies: until I close firefox

doubleclick is a massive series of advertising servers

get the latest adblock extension - you don't need the filterset g updater anymore as updating is built-in

Try doing that in IE
apparition (3207)
478518 2006-08-15 14:37:00 FYI:

...........doubleclick runs and inserts cookies whenever I click into F1 !....it shows on my loading bar with SpoofStick's utility. :D

I never bother with it...but it is harmless and even though SpyBot finds it and cleans it every time, it has never caused me any troubles.
SurferJoe46 (51)
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