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Ad-aware Definition File Update [SE1R104] 18.04.06
Alexa has absolutely NOTHING to do with Google!!
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... Thanks Noel for the clarification, even though "Alexa" didnn't mean a thing to me until I researched it. It is Google related. I do have an email account with them, but don't use their 'Google Bar'. And I also don't need any and all of that information exchange, unless I should move up to *Webmaster* or the like, which is very *unlikely*. Now I feel justified in removing its presence. Still think you ought to team up with Ad-Aware and make some *real money*, unless you already do bg. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Alexa is exactly what it says it is - but by the nature of what it is, it has to send some information which some people may consider confidential back to its server, which then processes it, and sends the results back to you. it then also aggregates the results of those searches for its own and others' use. If you use Alexa and are OK with their privacy statement, then don't delete the stuff - put it in the ignore list. If you don't/won't use Alexa, delete it (one entry comes by default with IE), If you don't know what Alexa is, you probably don't need it, and should delete it. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... Silj: Would "Alexa" be a false positive? I did remove 8 of them without having any problems. The reason I have done so being, that this was not my first encounter of same. But always open for suggestions. Harry. "siljaline" wrote in message ... "Mart" wrote: Cheers Silj. - Is it my imagination or the updates starting to appear earlier in the day? Quite possibly, Mart - seeing more updates more often, though. I forgot to note in my post, beware of false-positives as we have seen over the last two updates. Anything odd detected on an ostensibly "clean" machine should be quarantined but *not* removed until it is clarified elsewhere. A note of these, if any, would be appreciated below. http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=26 Regards, Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP _________________________________________ Security Tools Updates http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31 Reply to group, as return address is invalid that we may all benefit. |
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Ad-aware Definition File Update [SE1R104] 18.04.06
Try telling that to Google, Noel. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Alexa has absolutely NOTHING to do with Google!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... Thanks Noel for the clarification, even though "Alexa" didnn't mean a thing to me until I researched it. It is Google related. I do have an email account with them, but don't use their 'Google Bar'. And I also don't need any and all of that information exchange, unless I should move up to *Webmaster* or the like, which is very *unlikely*. Now I feel justified in removing its presence. Still think you ought to team up with Ad-Aware and make some *real money*, unless you already do bg. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Alexa is exactly what it says it is - but by the nature of what it is, it has to send some information which some people may consider confidential back to its server, which then processes it, and sends the results back to you. it then also aggregates the results of those searches for its own and others' use. If you use Alexa and are OK with their privacy statement, then don't delete the stuff - put it in the ignore list. If you don't/won't use Alexa, delete it (one entry comes by default with IE), If you don't know what Alexa is, you probably don't need it, and should delete it. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... Silj: Would "Alexa" be a false positive? I did remove 8 of them without having any problems. The reason I have done so being, that this was not my first encounter of same. But always open for suggestions. Harry. "siljaline" wrote in message ... "Mart" wrote: Cheers Silj. - Is it my imagination or the updates starting to appear earlier in the day? Quite possibly, Mart - seeing more updates more often, though. I forgot to note in my post, beware of false-positives as we have seen over the last two updates. Anything odd detected on an ostensibly "clean" machine should be quarantined but *not* removed until it is clarified elsewhere. A note of these, if any, would be appreciated below. http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=26 Regards, Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP _________________________________________ Security Tools Updates http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31 Reply to group, as return address is invalid that we may all benefit. |
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Ad-aware Definition File Update [SE1R104] 18.04.06
Google already knows - what makes you think it doesn't?
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... Try telling that to Google, Noel. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Alexa has absolutely NOTHING to do with Google!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... Thanks Noel for the clarification, even though "Alexa" didnn't mean a thing to me until I researched it. It is Google related. I do have an email account with them, but don't use their 'Google Bar'. And I also don't need any and all of that information exchange, unless I should move up to *Webmaster* or the like, which is very *unlikely*. Now I feel justified in removing its presence. Still think you ought to team up with Ad-Aware and make some *real money*, unless you already do bg. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Alexa is exactly what it says it is - but by the nature of what it is, it has to send some information which some people may consider confidential back to its server, which then processes it, and sends the results back to you. it then also aggregates the results of those searches for its own and others' use. If you use Alexa and are OK with their privacy statement, then don't delete the stuff - put it in the ignore list. If you don't/won't use Alexa, delete it (one entry comes by default with IE), If you don't know what Alexa is, you probably don't need it, and should delete it. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... Silj: Would "Alexa" be a false positive? I did remove 8 of them without having any problems. The reason I have done so being, that this was not my first encounter of same. But always open for suggestions. Harry. "siljaline" wrote in message ... "Mart" wrote: Cheers Silj. - Is it my imagination or the updates starting to appear earlier in the day? Quite possibly, Mart - seeing more updates more often, though. I forgot to note in my post, beware of false-positives as we have seen over the last two updates. Anything odd detected on an ostensibly "clean" machine should be quarantined but *not* removed until it is clarified elsewhere. A note of these, if any, would be appreciated below. http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=26 Regards, Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP _________________________________________ Security Tools Updates http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31 Reply to group, as return address is invalid that we may all benefit. |
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Ad-aware Definition File Update [SE1R104] 18.04.06
Silj: The more I find out about "Alexa" the less enthused I become. Simply put: I can do without it. Thanks for the "roadsign". Harry. "siljaline" wrote in message ... "Harry" wrote: Silj: Would "Alexa" be a false positive? I did remove 8 of them without having any problems. The reason I have done so being, that this was not my first encounter of same. But always open for suggestions. Read these SpyBot FAQs on Alexa, Harry - then you decide. IMO, it's fairly self-evident. http://www.safer-networking.org/en/threats/174.html http://www.safer-networking.org/en/threats/290.html Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP _________________________________________ Security Tools Updates http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31 Reply to group, as return address is invalid that we may all benefit. |
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Ad-aware Definition File Update [SE1R104] 18.04.06
Let Google search for "Alexa" and see what it comes up with. You 'may' find it interesting, Noel. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Google already knows - what makes you think it doesn't? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... Try telling that to Google, Noel. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Alexa has absolutely NOTHING to do with Google!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... Thanks Noel for the clarification, even though "Alexa" didnn't mean a thing to me until I researched it. It is Google related. I do have an email account with them, but don't use their 'Google Bar'. And I also don't need any and all of that information exchange, unless I should move up to *Webmaster* or the like, which is very *unlikely*. Now I feel justified in removing its presence. Still think you ought to team up with Ad-Aware and make some *real money*, unless you already do bg. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Alexa is exactly what it says it is - but by the nature of what it is, it has to send some information which some people may consider confidential back to its server, which then processes it, and sends the results back to you. it then also aggregates the results of those searches for its own and others' use. If you use Alexa and are OK with their privacy statement, then don't delete the stuff - put it in the ignore list. If you don't/won't use Alexa, delete it (one entry comes by default with IE), If you don't know what Alexa is, you probably don't need it, and should delete it. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... Silj: Would "Alexa" be a false positive? I did remove 8 of them without having any problems. The reason I have done so being, that this was not my first encounter of same. But always open for suggestions. Harry. "siljaline" wrote in message ... "Mart" wrote: Cheers Silj. - Is it my imagination or the updates starting to appear earlier in the day? Quite possibly, Mart - seeing more updates more often, though. I forgot to note in my post, beware of false-positives as we have seen over the last two updates. Anything odd detected on an ostensibly "clean" machine should be quarantined but *not* removed until it is clarified elsewhere. A note of these, if any, would be appreciated below. http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=26 Regards, Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP _________________________________________ Security Tools Updates http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31 Reply to group, as return address is invalid that we may all benefit. |
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Ad-aware Definition File Update [SE1R104] 18.04.06
Glad to hear from you, Shane. While I was in the process of answering you, the electric went out and stayed out for 2 1/2 hours. One can never know enough about anything, hence this discussion. You made my day by reappearing here. Thank you for that alone. Now we all are going to enjoy your presence. Where "Alexa" is concerned, I don't have much, if any, use for it. Looks more and more like a *Peeping Tom* to me. The reason it showed up again for me was, as you guessed, reinstallation of IE6, amongst other things. Don't worry, me and my little pc are fine. Hope you are feeling better now too, Shane. All cheers, Harry. "Shane" wrote in message ... Hello Harry, Actually it's a registry key set by Internet Explorer (at least in 9x). Thus it returns if you repair or otherwise re-install IE. Alexa is used by IE to operate the 'Tools\Related Sites' (iirc) link. As I recall, if you hit 'Related Sites', your browsing for that session is thereafter tracked by Alexa, presumably via Tracking Cookie. iow it isn't in use until you hit the 'Related Sites' button. Shane, that bored webster72n wrote: Thanks Noel for the clarification, even though "Alexa" didnn't mean a thing to me until I researched it. It is Google related. I do have an email account with them, but don't use their 'Google Bar'. And I also don't need any and all of that information exchange, unless I should move up to *Webmaster* or the like, which is very *unlikely*. Now I feel justified in removing its presence. Still think you ought to team up with Ad-Aware and make some *real money*, unless you already do bg. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Alexa is exactly what it says it is - but by the nature of what it is, it has to send some information which some people may consider confidential back to its server, which then processes it, and sends the results back to you. it then also aggregates the results of those searches for its own and others' use. If you use Alexa and are OK with their privacy statement, then don't delete the stuff - put it in the ignore list. If you don't/won't use Alexa, delete it (one entry comes by default with IE), If you don't know what Alexa is, you probably don't need it, and should delete it. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... Silj: Would "Alexa" be a false positive? I did remove 8 of them without having any problems. The reason I have done so being, that this was not my first encounter of same. But always open for suggestions. Harry. "siljaline" wrote in message ... "Mart" wrote: Cheers Silj. - Is it my imagination or the updates starting to appear earlier in the day? Quite possibly, Mart - seeing more updates more often, though. I forgot to note in my post, beware of false-positives as we have seen over the last two updates. Anything odd detected on an ostensibly "clean" machine should be quarantined but *not* removed until it is clarified elsewhere. A note of these, if any, would be appreciated below. http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=26 Regards, Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP _________________________________________ Security Tools Updates http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31 Reply to group, as return address is invalid that we may all benefit. |
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Ad-aware Definition File Update [SE1R104] 18.04.06
Nothing whatever, Harry
Alexa uses Google - so what?? AFAIK, there is no financial tie-up between the two - and in fact Alexa is owned by Amazon!. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... Let Google search for "Alexa" and see what it comes up with. You 'may' find it interesting, Noel. Harry. |
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Ad-aware Definition File Update [SE1R104] 18.04.06
Noel:
If that's the case, it should *stay in the Amazon*. I certainly can do without it. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Nothing whatever, Harry Alexa uses Google - so what?? AFAIK, there is no financial tie-up between the two - and in fact Alexa is owned by Amazon!. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... Let Google search for "Alexa" and see what it comes up with. You 'may' find it interesting, Noel. Harry. |
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Ad-aware Definition File Update [SE1R104] 18.04.06
You're too kind, as usual, Harry! Anyway, what time did your power go off?
If it was me, it wasn't intentional! Shane webster72n wrote: Glad to hear from you, Shane. While I was in the process of answering you, the electric went out and stayed out for 2 1/2 hours. One can never know enough about anything, hence this discussion. You made my day by reappearing here. Thank you for that alone. Now we all are going to enjoy your presence. Where "Alexa" is concerned, I don't have much, if any, use for it. Looks more and more like a *Peeping Tom* to me. The reason it showed up again for me was, as you guessed, reinstallation of IE6, amongst other things. Don't worry, me and my little pc are fine. Hope you are feeling better now too, Shane. All cheers, Harry. "Shane" wrote in message ... Hello Harry, Actually it's a registry key set by Internet Explorer (at least in 9x). Thus it returns if you repair or otherwise re-install IE. Alexa is used by IE to operate the 'Tools\Related Sites' (iirc) link. As I recall, if you hit 'Related Sites', your browsing for that session is thereafter tracked by Alexa, presumably via Tracking Cookie. iow it isn't in use until you hit the 'Related Sites' button. Shane, that bored webster72n wrote: Thanks Noel for the clarification, even though "Alexa" didnn't mean a thing to me until I researched it. It is Google related. I do have an email account with them, but don't use their 'Google Bar'. And I also don't need any and all of that information exchange, unless I should move up to *Webmaster* or the like, which is very *unlikely*. Now I feel justified in removing its presence. Still think you ought to team up with Ad-Aware and make some *real money*, unless you already do bg. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Alexa is exactly what it says it is - but by the nature of what it is, it has to send some information which some people may consider confidential back to its server, which then processes it, and sends the results back to you. it then also aggregates the results of those searches for its own and others' use. If you use Alexa and are OK with their privacy statement, then don't delete the stuff - put it in the ignore list. If you don't/won't use Alexa, delete it (one entry comes by default with IE), If you don't know what Alexa is, you probably don't need it, and should delete it. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... Silj: Would "Alexa" be a false positive? I did remove 8 of them without having any problems. The reason I have done so being, that this was not my first encounter of same. But always open for suggestions. Harry. "siljaline" wrote in message ... "Mart" wrote: Cheers Silj. - Is it my imagination or the updates starting to appear earlier in the day? Quite possibly, Mart - seeing more updates more often, though. I forgot to note in my post, beware of false-positives as we have seen over the last two updates. Anything odd detected on an ostensibly "clean" machine should be quarantined but *not* removed until it is clarified elsewhere. A note of these, if any, would be appreciated below. http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=26 Regards, Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP _________________________________________ Security Tools Updates http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31 Reply to group, as return address is invalid that we may all benefit. |
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