I am using the immunize feature of spybot and it blocks this. It seems that
most msn pages use avenue a and my IE tends to freeze when spybot blocks it.
It seems that Avenue A is also used by other sites as I had the same problem
when I tried to download a shredder off a link in one of these posts. Does
anyone know if this is or is not spyware and should I allow it to load or
keep blocking it. If I should allow it I am not sure hoe to put it on the
list of accepted programs in spybot. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Smyles :-)


You don't mention the version of Windows you are using, but, you might try
the following and see if it helps:

avenue a is a tracking cookie....read here to find out more about it.
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/p...x?id=453060813

Set Spybot S&D > Immunize > to "Block all bad pages silently."

Hope this helps.

Jan
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
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that's why they're so contagious.

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>I am using the immunize feature of spybot and it blocks this. It seems that
> most msn pages use avenue a and my IE tends to freeze when spybot blocks
> it.
> It seems that Avenue A is also used by other sites as I had the same
> problem
> when I tried to download a shredder off a link in one of these posts. Does
> anyone know if this is or is not spyware and should I allow it to load or
> keep blocking it. If I should allow it I am not sure hoe to put it on the
> list of accepted programs in spybot. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.

"Smyles" wrote:
>I am using the immunize feature of spybot and it blocks this. It seems that
> most msn pages use avenue a and my IE tends to freeze when spybot blocks it.
> It seems that Avenue A is also used by other sites as I had the same problem
> when I tried to download a shredder off a link in one of these posts. Does
> anyone know if this is or is not spyware and should I allow it to load or
> keep blocking it. If I should allow it I am not sure hoe to put it on the
> list of accepted programs in spybot. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

See if this FAQ helps;
<http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/44.html>

If no joy, post your query to the SpyBot Forums;
(Note the Registration is required prior to posting)
http://forums.spybot.info/

Good luck!

Silj

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"Smyles" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am using the immunize feature of spybot and it blocks this. It seems that
> most msn pages use avenue a and my IE tends to freeze when spybot blocks
> it.
> It seems that Avenue A is also used by other sites as I had the same
> problem
> when I tried to download a shredder off a link in one of these posts. Does
> anyone know if this is or is not spyware and should I allow it to load or
> keep blocking it. If I should allow it I am not sure hoe to put it on the
> list of accepted programs in spybot. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.


The Immunize option, if enabled, also alerts on "bad" cookie domains. I
don't use their Immunize feature because I could care less about bad
cookies. Whitelist the domains for whose cookies you want to keep and then
forcibly purge all other cookies whether per-session or permanent cookies
(i.e., force all non-whitelisted domains to have their cookies deleted).
There are plenty of cookie managers available. IE has some cookie
management but won't delete non-whitelisted cookies (i.e., it won't delete
those not listed in its Allow list when IE exits). Avenue-A is just a
cookie. Learn to manage your cookies.

I usually don't use features that the author has deliberately left vague
regarding what they do. "While the Permanent Immunity blocks installers by
their ActiveX ID, this one blocks anything that should come through by
different aspects." Yeah, different "aspects". The author wants to make
his product sound like it does magic. Also, the fact that Spybot (and
SpywareBlaster) say they block AX controls by their class ID is completely
misleading. They don't block them at all. They add or update a class ID
registry key to add a kill bit which prevents that AX control from
executing, not from getting onto your host.

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Setting the blocker to silent did the trick. thanks!

"Jan Il" wrote:

> Hi Smyles :-)
>
>
> You don't mention the version of Windows you are using, but, you might try
> the following and see if it helps:
>
> avenue a is a tracking cookie....read here to find out more about it.
> http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/p...x?id=453060813
>
> Set Spybot S&D > Immunize > to "Block all bad pages silently."
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jan
> MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
> Smiles are meant to be shared,
> that's why they're so contagious.
>
> Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other readers.
> How to make a good newsgroup post:
> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
>
>
> >I am using the immunize feature of spybot and it blocks this. It seems that
> > most msn pages use avenue a and my IE tends to freeze when spybot blocks
> > it.
> > It seems that Avenue A is also used by other sites as I had the same
> > problem
> > when I tried to download a shredder off a link in one of these posts. Does
> > anyone know if this is or is not spyware and should I allow it to load or
> > keep blocking it. If I should allow it I am not sure hoe to put it on the
> > list of accepted programs in spybot. Any help would be greatly
> > appreciated.
>
>
>

Hi Smyles :-)

> Setting the blocker to silent did the trick. thanks!

You're very welcome! I'm very glad to hear you were able to resolve your
problem. Good job!

Thank you very much for posting back and letting us know what worked for
you, and for the benefit of other readers who might have a similar problem.

Jan
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.
..

>
> "Jan Il" wrote:
>
>> Hi Smyles :-)
>>
>>
>> You don't mention the version of Windows you are using, but, you might
>> try
>> the following and see if it helps:
>>
>> avenue a is a tracking cookie....read here to find out more about it.
>> http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/p...x?id=453060813
>>
>> Set Spybot S&D > Immunize > to "Block all bad pages silently."
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Jan
>> MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
>> Smiles are meant to be shared,
>> that's why they're so contagious.
>>
>> Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other
>> readers.
>> How to make a good newsgroup post:
>> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >I am using the immunize feature of spybot and it blocks this. It seems
>> >that
>> > most msn pages use avenue a and my IE tends to freeze when spybot
>> > blocks
>> > it.
>> > It seems that Avenue A is also used by other sites as I had the same
>> > problem
>> > when I tried to download a shredder off a link in one of these posts.
>> > Does
>> > anyone know if this is or is not spyware and should I allow it to load
>> > or
>> > keep blocking it. If I should allow it I am not sure hoe to put it on
>> > the
>> > list of accepted programs in spybot. Any help would be greatly
>> > appreciated.
>>
>>
>>