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Ironhead

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What does "transferring data from ad.yieldmanager.com" mean...

I have been getting this message at the bottom of most sites I visit on the web.

I use Firefox all the time.

It never seems to stop.

Help me please. How do I get rid of this????
 

GitS

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Better yet, buy a Mac. No more spyware or viruses for me.
Actually that isn't exactly true. It is harder to put spyware and viruses onto an OSX system but not impossible.

There are cases of trojans that are out in the wild for OSX, but those infections are mainly due to User laxness than anything else.

As long as the User doesn't exhibit common sense and caution any operating system or brand of computing product is vulnerable to attack. Things do not magically appear on your system. Someone has to put it there. Old boot sector viruses infected systems because the user stuck an infected floppy disc into the system. Those nice little popups that say "your computer maybe slowing down, click here to test" They are malware, but you have to click the popup in order to let it install. The issue of security is up to the user.

If you practice good computing, a PC is just as hard to infect as a Mac. I'd wager that more people will be targeting the apple platforms due to the increased sales of Macs. Iphone virusesi has been set loose upon the world. The more people who use type A, the more people will target type A. It is very simple.

For the OP: Make sure you have a good security set of programs on your computer. Firewall, Anti-virus and a malware scanner.
Keep them up to date. Eternal Vigilance is the key. Most of the AVs these days are auto-updating so it shouldn't be a problem

If you are running Firefox, Get No-script. This addon basicly stops all scripts from running on websites. You can set which websites can always run scripts or temporarily run scripts. (I always give temp access, its annoying but at least I know that if things go bad its my own damn fault)

If you are in doubt about why something is happening that is unexplained. Check to make sure that everything is running as it should. If it isn't, then be prepared to scorch earth everything.


I hope this helps.
 
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