OT: Being bombarded by e-mail trojans

From: Patrick Rigney <patrick_at_evocative.com>
Date: Fri Sep 19 16:39:00 2003

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]On
> Behalf Of Feldman, Robert
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 12:38 PM
> To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: RE: OT: Being bombarded by e-mail trojans
>
>
> More on Verisign:
> They have embed a cookie-placing "web bug" in their page that can
> relay back info
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32926.html

This is an old, common trick that many marketing companies have used for
years to gather statistical information about their clients' web sites. You
may not like it, but it isn't specific to VeriSign and isn't new news.

If you're using one of the more recent browsers, you can befuddle this
effort by turning off "third-party cookies".

Patrick
Received on Fri Sep 19 2003 - 16:39:00 BST