[Tfug] Annoying cookies

[Robert Zeigler]

Since you're using mozilla...
why don't you just use the cookie preferences to add view.atdmt.com to 
the list of servers that aren't allowed to set cookies? =)

Robert

ewf wrote:
> 
>    I  keep getting error messages from Mozilla:
> 
>                              The operation timed out when attempting to 
> contact view.atdmt.com
> 
>    Evidently this is a connection to an advertizer on financial & 
> investing websites. A check
> of Netcraft shows that Netcraft was able to contact them. Anyway I 
> deleted the cookie
> but the message still occurs when I visit financial websites, (Bloomberg 
> <http://www.bloomberg.com/>, CNN Money <http://money.cnn.com/>)
>     Apparently the process that plants the cookie has a life of its own 
> even when the
> URL is dead. Has anyone else seen this?
> 
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> Cheers,
>                                                                        
>                                                                        
>  Erich
> 
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