ATTN: http://donotcall.gov registry contains spyware!
 

Please be advised that when you visit http://donotcall.gov there is a
link (hidden) in the source code that contacts an AT&T server which then
tracks your every move. This was reported on TechTV this morning. Here
is the code:

img BORDER="0" NAME="DCSIMG" WIDTH="1px" HEIGHT="1px"
SRC="http://g6589dcs.nyc2.aens.net/DCS000003_6D4Q/njs.gif?dcsuri=/nojavascript"

In article bRxhb.727952$uu5.123785@sccrnsc04, lid
says...

Please be advised that when you visit http://donotcall.gov there is a
link (hidden) in the source code that contacts an AT&T server which then
tracks your every move. This was reported on TechTV this morning. Here
is the code:

img BORDER="0" NAME="DCSIMG" WIDTH="1px" HEIGHT="1px"
SRC="http://g6589dcs.nyc2.aens.net/DCS000003_6D4Q/njs.gif?dcsuri=/nojavascript"

...And the way to get rid of it would be:

http://www.safer-networking.org/

Wonderful little program called 'SpyBot Search & Destroy' that'll
find and nuke spyware and such.

Alternatively, an entry in one's /etc/hosts or lmhosts, directing
that server to be 127.0.0.1, should do the trick nicely.


--
Dr. Anton Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, KC7GR)
kyrrin a/t bluefeathertech d-o=t c&o&m
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (Red Green)

In article bRxhb.727952$uu5.123785@sccrnsc04, lid
says...

Please be advised that when you visit http://donotcall.gov there is a
link (hidden) in the source code that contacts an AT&T server which then
tracks your every move. This was reported on TechTV this morning. Here
is the code:

img BORDER="0" NAME="DCSIMG" WIDTH="1px" HEIGHT="1px"
SRC="http://g6589dcs.nyc2.aens.net/DCS000003_6D4Q/njs.gif?dcsuri=/nojavascript"

...And the way to get rid of it would be:

http://www.safer-networking.org/

Wonderful little program called 'SpyBot Search & Destroy' that'll
find and nuke spyware and such.

Alternatively, an entry in one's /etc/hosts or lmhosts, directing
that server to be 127.0.0.1, should do the trick nicely.


--
Dr. Anton Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, KC7GR)
kyrrin a/t bluefeathertech d-o=t c&o&m
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (Red Green)