Phecking Phishing !

[derekpara]

Shortly after browsing through sites like Amazon I get adverts suggesting similar items I have viewed. These adverts even appear here on AB as well as other sites I visit.

Is there anything I can do about this ?

I have Malwarebytes (Free version) plus Panda Endpoint Protection.

Windows 7. Firefox.

Cheers D

[Old_Geezer]

It's not phishing it's nosing where you've been. You can run something like superantispyware that will identify cookies that do this and delete them for you.

[bibblebub]

There are various add-ons that you can use in Firefox; amongst those that I use, or have used, are Ghostery, BetterPrivacy, DoNotTrackMe, NoScript, Self-Destructing Cookies, RequestPolicy.

[bibblebub]

(and the one that removes adverts but which can't be named here)

[bibblebub]

There are also browser settings that you can use (in the privacy section of Firefox options) such as never accepting third-party cookies (the Self-Destructing Cookies add-on that I gave before would get rid of those anyway). Because of my dislike for Google I also block all cookies from that company.

[derekpara]

Thanks to you both.

All cleaned up.

Cheers.

D

[HansUrbancka]

Get a Firefox 'Add-on' and be free of all adverts.

Adblockplus is what you need.

Hans.

[derekpara]

Thanks, Hans. That's the one I chose.

D