ALERT ..Firefox allowing data miner.

[fluttrader]

Quote from CFerret:

Quantcast stuff apparently is attached to ET forum page..... Can this be done without ET owners knowing this?

Have you contacted Baron ?

 

[Arbitrageur]

statcounter is a cookie for monitoring website visitor/audience statistics, ie: number of hits, new visitors vs returning visitors etc.

Quantserve is almost certainly something similar, if its attached to the bottom of the ET website footer, it'll probably be a cookie that Baron is using to measure the number of site visitors here

 

[CFerret]

Yes, of course Quantserve is just stats picking tool, which is clearly stated on their site, much similar to Google-analytics and such... And to allow it or not, everyone decides... There's always an option to block it or not...

 

[fluttrader]

If it is only a cookie, it is harmless, no ?

 

[CFerret]

Quote from fluttrader:

If it is only a cookie, it is harmless, no ?

Yes, I don't think it steals passwords and CC numbers...

Just picks misc browsing stats such as where users come from, what browser/OS use et cetera...

 

[kgharris]

Quote from gaj:

i use adblock plus, and have just now added:

*quantserve.com
*statcounter.com

to my filters.

I don't know about quantserve, but why would you block statcounter? All it does is collect stats...there is nothing malicious.

 

[number22]

Quote from taodr:

I have been finding a data miner on quite a few machines , it is QUANTSERVE.COM, it appears to start mining as soon as firefox is open. Have to knock off cookies as well as never allow that site.

Unless your homepage is EliteTrader; how nice of you;