Spyware, viruses, & security : doubleclick.com
doubleclick.com
by cgarrity - 5/17/07 9:09 PMAnyone know how to get rid of ad.doubleclick.com permanently? Ever time I boot up and go on the internet, the first thing that pops up is a window telling my present opening page is ad.doubleclick.com and asking me if I want to go to my regular home page.
I'm not sure what ad.doubleclick is, but from its name, it certainly doesn't seem like something I want on my computer.
Try to use Spybot S&D to handle it
by Donna Buenaventura
- 5/17/07 9:28 PM
In reply to: doubleclick.com by cgarrity
Install Spybot Search & Destroy (http://www.spybot.info)
Update the program. Restart Spybot S&D. Click Immunize at the left pane. Then click "Immunize" at the right window (the one with green + icon). Next, select the box "Enable permanent blocking of bad addresses in IE".
Scan using Spybot S&D. If doubleclick cookies is there, it will detect and offer you to fix it.
One Other Thought: What IS Your Current Opening Page??..
by tobeach - 5/17/07 10:18 PM In reply to: doubleclick.com by cgarrityIf you do not want your opening (Home) page to instantly load up your machine with ads etc. perhaps go to IE Options and click "Use Blank" as home page. It should then show "About:Blank" as home page. Default will route you thru MSN (ad central). Your ISP may also be routing your opening page through themselves to gain click payments.
Suggest setting http://www.google.com/ as your search page.
Spybot can also set & lock your preferred Home & Search pages when opened in "Advanced mode" (mode upper left of S&D opening page.
If using other browser (Mozilla or...) you should also be able to set Blank Page as start/Home page. If these do not solve your problem, please post back for further steps available. G'Luck!! 
Having Said All of Above, I Came Across a News Report...
by tobeach - 5/21/07 11:01 PM In reply to: One Other Thought: What IS Your Current Opening Page??.. by tobeachstating that GOOGLE has bought Doubleclick for some ridiculous sum of $!
Hopefully to remove from market but...there IS the Google toolbar...
Hmmmmm..... 
ad.doubleclick.com or net is spyware
by darclew3 - 5/17/07 11:30 PM In reply to: doubleclick.com by cgarrityGo to Security Options, click on the restriced zone and in sites, list them both to permanently block them. Darrell
Set up Opening Page.
by andy prakken - 5/21/07 11:21 AM In reply to: doubleclick.com by cgarrityGo to Tools , Click on Internet Options and change the home page to: http://www.hotsheet.com You can also go to your e-mail Service providers from there. The are quite a few listed at the top left hand side on the opening page. All sort of other "goodies" are also listed, have a look.
MVPS hosts file
by MrBelvedere67 - 5/21/07 1:07 PM In reply to: doubleclick.com by cgarrityYou can also install the MVPS hosts file, which will block not only doubleclick.com, but several thousand other spyware, malware, nuisance, etc., sites:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
here's a suggestion.....
by In_case_of_error_get_gun - 5/21/07 1:14 PM In reply to: doubleclick.com by cgarrityWell, getting Spybot: Search & Destroy OR SpywareBlaster to get rid of the ads are very good choices. But if you use Internet Explorer, there's a free program called WebWasher. It doesn't work for any other browsers as far as I know, but unless you LIKE the banner ads that slow down speed, it's a very good choice.
doubleclick.com !!!
by FYNGAZ - 5/21/07 1:54 PM In reply to: doubleclick.com by cgarrityNot to mention any names, but there are some very well known newsletter sites on the Internet, that use this doubleclick advertising company and its irksome 'Cookie' strategy. There has also been moves a-foot by a so called reputable O/S company, to buy that nuisance company out. Quite what the genuine motives are for this intended purchase, remain to be seen, but if you do not want ad.doubleclick.com creeping un-announced into your machine and privacy, try this if you are using IE7.
Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser, scroll down and click on 'Internet Options' then click on the 'Privacy' tab, now click the 'Sites' button and type into the 'Address of Website' box this line of text:-
@ad.doubleclick.com
and then click the 'Block' button, now click the 'OK' buttons and that miserable vermin cookie ad.doubleclick.com should no longer enter your machine. Download, install and run the FREE "Ad-Ware SE Personal" application or "Spybot S&D" to make sure that you have successfully banished that nasty type of cookie.
Sounds like a great plan...
by cgarrity - 5/21/07 2:29 PM In reply to: doubleclick.com !!! by FYNGAZI'm going to give the "privacy" procedure a try. Sounds like it may be a winner.
Re the "free" Ad-Ware SE program, it does report that it finds a lot of junk, but it won't do any preventive maintenance unless I buy the program. I would be up for that IF I thought there was a good chance of success it actually stopping most of these programs, but from my previous experience in buying this type of software, I've found they are more sound than fury.
Spybot also find their share of these crapo programs and reports cleaning them, but the next time I boot up, the programs are back.
freebies
by mezell - 5/22/07 3:03 AM In reply to: Sounds like a great plan... by cgarrityi have ad aware free and pro they dont find half as much as superantispyware another free program and also ive had some real stubborn adware spyware where no one could tell me how to get rid of them i tried a registry cleaner i might have been lucky but they were gone and never had them back
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