i have purchased software from known venders that use spyware, such as Broderbund. It's not always of unknown origin, like Avenue A. Companies (such as this ad agency) may regularly lace their software with spybots. If you're using software that's initiated the spyware, and it's a problem then another option is to contact the vender of the software. Gloria On Jun 24, 2007, at 1:37 PM, Judy Florian wrote: > On 6/24/07, Gloria Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'd probably consider a number of options - go out to McAfee or >> Nortan and read up on it; possibly go ahead and accept the cookie, >> temporarily; and/or look into removing it with Spybot . I went to >> the Avenue A / Razorfish web site and it was meaningless, not >> forthcoming about spyware or much of anything that I could see, just >> ad agency stuff. > > > > It's never, ever, ever a good idea to accept a cookie from > spyware--- or any > site unknown to you. > > Spyware OFTEN writes registry values to your PC's registry -- and > then is > tough to remove. Most users end up rewriting their entire > harddrive! Cost: > $100.00 to $200.00 unless you know how to do it. Plus, HOURS of > time lost. > > So NEVER willingly accept a cookie from these jerks (sorry, but > that's the > way I see those ad companies). I also think it should be a Federal > crime > for a company to change a PC Registry without permission of the user. > > Judy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSWEB-HELP- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >