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<blockquote data-quote="Chuckie" data-source="post: 3930684" data-attributes="member: 42584"><p>-On several analytical sites malware is installed that gathers personal information such as 'key loggers' and the sites you visit. The request to 'op-out' installs a 'cookie' that <strong>pauses</strong> the data gathering, but as soon as you run a malware scan on your computer, which among other things deletes 'cookies', the collection of personal data resumes without your knowledge. Very unethical!</p><p>-The same tactic has been known to be used for sending marketing and phishing emails and pop-up advertising that seems to forever follow you from site to site. </p><p>-One of the ways to defeat this, in addition to other more typical steps, is to clear the cache on both your computer and your modem/router to prevent the malware (above) from being re-installed automatically by other malware that is designed to specifically target the cache areas. It <strong>is </strong>all relevant though not always apparent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chuckie, post: 3930684, member: 42584"] -On several analytical sites malware is installed that gathers personal information such as 'key loggers' and the sites you visit. The request to 'op-out' installs a 'cookie' that [B]pauses[/B] the data gathering, but as soon as you run a malware scan on your computer, which among other things deletes 'cookies', the collection of personal data resumes without your knowledge. Very unethical! -The same tactic has been known to be used for sending marketing and phishing emails and pop-up advertising that seems to forever follow you from site to site. -One of the ways to defeat this, in addition to other more typical steps, is to clear the cache on both your computer and your modem/router to prevent the malware (above) from being re-installed automatically by other malware that is designed to specifically target the cache areas. It [B]is [/B]all relevant though not always apparent. [/QUOTE]
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