Am I being watch or infected?

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foodfisher

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Lately the add across the top of each forum has been taken from places ( ) that I suscribe to (with which I subscribe :rolleyes:). Example, alternative doctor's latest supplement. edit: I'm pretty sure they aren't paying the freight to iboats.
 
Barnacle_Bill

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Re: Am I being watch or infected?

That's normal. You could say your surfing is being watched.
 
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foodfisher

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Re: Am I being watch or infected?

Man, this big brother stuff has got me prepping.:cold:
 
JB

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Re: Am I being watch or infected?

Big brother (Google) is watching you, too.
 
matt167

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Re: Am I being watch or infected?

It's just google ad services. They track searches, so when your IP pings on a google ad, it gives you something you have recently searched. Easy fix is to stop using Google if it bothers you, and run an ad blocker. You could also just block www.googleadservices.com, doubleclick.net and a few others if you search. You could do them all in by entering those into your routers block list and it should still allow the website your viewing to be seen
 
jigngrub

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Re: Am I being watch or infected?

Those ads are generated by tracking cookies picked up on your computer from surfing the net.

You can clean your cache and they'll go away for a short time until you pick up more cookies.
 
coolbri70

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Re: Am I being watch or infected?

that same space tries to sell me boating stuff, i must have nautical cookies:D
 
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