Re: Removing the Criteo ad cookie?

[drbruce...@hakepublishing.com]

>
Please remove this from my computer.
thank you

[W. eWatson]

I have an ad on my Google window on Win 7 PC. It's put their by a
company called Criteo. On their website they talk about removing it, but
I haven't found it to work yet. They do mention,"The Criteo opt out
relies on a cookie, so if you delete your cookies you will no longer be
opted out."

My questions is what is their cookie name? I looked at FF Tools-Option,
and found the Privacy tab gets me to a dialog where I can remove single
or all cookies. There's a search area, so I entered Criteo, but no luck.

This NAI opt-out stuff is a menace.

[W. eWatson]

This could be a useful site
<http://www.cookiecert.com/cookies-for-criteo.com>. Mention is made of a
free cookie DB API, but ...

Hmmm, here's their home site <http://www.cookiecert.com/> $$$???

[EE]

Setting cookies to opt out of other cookies is ridiculous anyway. Why
not just block cookies by default and make exceptions to allow those
that you need? I do that, and I have no unwanted cookies. I installed
the Cookie Monster extension to make switching cookie permissions for
sites more convenient.

[W. eWatson]

On 4/9/2013 12:49 PM, EE wrote:
> On 2013-04-09 11:31, W. eWatson wrote:
>> I have an ad on my Google window on Win 7 PC. It's put their by a
>> company called Criteo. On their website they talk about removing it, but
>> I haven't found it to work yet. They do mention,"The Criteo opt out
>> relies on a cookie, so if you delete your cookies you will no longer be
>> opted out."
>>
>> My questions is what is their cookie name? I looked at FF Tools-Option,
>> and found the Privacy tab gets me to a dialog where I can remove single
>> or all cookies. There's a search area, so I entered Criteo, but no luck.
>>
>> This NAI opt-out stuff is a menace.
>
> Setting cookies to opt out of other cookies is ridiculous anyway. Why

Are you suggesting cookies are sometimes like a tree of cookies.
A
B <-sub cookie
C
M
N
O

> not just block cookies by default and make exceptions to allow those
> that you need? I do that, and I have no unwanted cookies. I installed
> the Cookie Monster extension to make switching cookie permissions for
> sites more convenient.
>

I suppose I do that via Tools->Options, click Private, etc. I have lots
of cookies. How would I know which ones I need?

[goodwin]

In the long run, you don't /need/ any of them - delete them all and
start fresh.

[Millwood]

You do understand that cookies are not causing this problem. Your
machine has been hijacked and is visiting a web site you don't want it
to visit. This rogue site has you believing it will be nice if you have
the "right" cookies. Why do you believe them? Why do you believe when
you visit your bank you aren't going through them? Get your machine
cleaned.

[goodwin]

On the side, is this criteo a legit entity being joe-jobbed or they a
known fraud? When I googled it back at the beginning, I saw no red
flags, but thought it was just a typical add-on bar of the type that is
foisted all over with software.

[W. eWatson]

...

> On the side, is this criteo a legit entity being joe-jobbed or they a
> known fraud? When I googled it back at the beginning, I saw no red
> flags, but thought it was just a typical add-on bar of the type that is
> foisted all over with software.
>

Did I forget to mention this
<http://www.cookiecert.com/cookies-for-criteo.com>? Make note of their
home page, and the "free Cookie DB API" at the bottom of the link.

[W. eWatson]

On 4/9/2013 5:54 PM, goodwin wrote:
> You do understand that cookies are not causing this problem. Your
> machine has been hijacked and is visiting a web site you don't want it
> to visit. This rogue site has you believing it will be nice if you have
> the "right" cookies. Why do you believe them? Why do you believe when
> you visit your bank you aren't going through them? Get your machine
> cleaned.

See my post minutes ago to goodwin. I think they (Criteo) are real.

[EE]

If you have to log into a site (such as a forum), then you need its
cookies. Remove all the rest. Or, just remove all of them, set Firefox
not to accept cookies and then log back into those sites that require
that. You can easily set the required setting if you use Cookie Monster.

[Sjouke Burry]

EE <nu...@bees.wax> wrote in
news:OcOdnfzOM-N4OPjM...@mozilla.org:

I do allow cookies for FF, but have set FF to delete all cookies
when closing.
Works perfectly for me.Defeats tracking cookies as well.

[Peter Boulding]

On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:31:52 -0700, "W. eWatson" <wolft...@invalid.com>
wrote in <NKadnYUYzOwEw_nM...@mozilla.org>:

>I have an ad on my Google window on Win 7 PC. It's put their by a
>company called Criteo. On their website they talk about removing it, but
>I haven't found it to work yet.

Well, isn't that a surprise. Instructions given by the company that placed
unwanted code on your PC without asking you don't seem to work.

>They do mention,"The Criteo opt out
>relies on a cookie, so if you delete your cookies you will no longer be
>opted out."

Sod the "Criteo opt-out"--you want to remove the code that Criteo placed on
your PC.

>My questions is what is their cookie name? I looked at FF Tools-Option,
>and found the Privacy tab gets me to a dialog where I can remove single
>or all cookies. There's a search area, so I entered Criteo, but no luck.
>
>This NAI opt-out stuff is a menace.

This isn't a cookie problem--a banner ad on the Google search page is a
malware problem. So forget this opt-out stuff: what you need is to use a
spyware/malware cleaner like Malwarebytes (<www.malwarebytes.org>) (change
the "potentially unwanted" settings as necessary) or Superantispyware
(<http://www.superantispyware.com/>). (Make sure you download the free
versions, and use their "update" utilities to get their malware databases up
to date before you run a scan.)

--
Regards, Peter Boulding
pjbn...@UNSPAMpboulding.co.uk (to e-mail, remove "UNSPAM")
Fractal Images and Music: http://www.pboulding.co.uk/
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=794240&content=music

[bvj...@tampabay.rr.com]

http://www.aboutads.info/choices/#completed

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 4:18 PM, <bvj...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 2:31:52 PM UTC-4, W. eWatson wrote:
>> I have an ad on my Google window on Win 7 PC. It's put their by a
>>
>> company called Criteo. On their website they talk about removing it, but
>>
>> I haven't found it to work yet. They do mention,"The Criteo opt out
>>
>> relies on a cookie, so if you delete your cookies you will no longer be
>>
>> opted out."
>>
>>
>>
>> My questions is what is their cookie name? I looked at FF Tools-Option,
>>
>> and found the Privacy tab gets me to a dialog where I can remove single
>>
>> or all cookies. There's a search area, so I entered Criteo, but no luck.

Sorry to reply like this....

You can also report them to Google if the tracking violate's Google
program terms. https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/106431?hl=en

I would rather cost them money, so getting them kicked out of Adwords
would appeal to me more than removing their cookie.

You might also write to Goolge's legal@ and security@ email addresses
since there are privacy implications.

[rrfb...@gmail.com]

How do i get rid of it ????

[Iain]

I had a similar situation a few days ago with some adware. My anti-virus
(not free), stepped in immediately and got rid of it for good in a few
hours.

That was my first experience with adware. I learnt a valuable, although
painful lesson from it.

[lcj...@gmail.com]

I will try AVG to see if it works

[Christoph Schmees]

Am 02.01.2014 17:19, schrieb lcj...@gmail.com:
> I will try AVG to see if it works
>

what reservation against criteo do you have - using gmail
yourself? Can it get worse than that?

SCNR, Christoph

--
email:
nurfuerspam -> gmx
de -> net

[W. eWatson]

On 4/9/2013 11:31 AM, W. eWatson wrote:

I'm back for another reason than this question (Criteo), but I thought I
would mention how it got solved. Here http://www.malwarebytes.org/>. I
really got lucky in that an agent paved the way for me. Not only did
they help me with Criteo, but some other ads that snuck onto my system.

[James Moe]

On 04/09/2013 04:44 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
>>

> I suppose I do that via Tools->Options, click Private, etc. I have lots
> of cookies. How would I know which ones I need?

You do not need any of them. Personally I have FF set to dump all
cookies when the app closes.
Some cookies are benign like those the provide state information
between visits to a site (password, last page visited). Others not so
much, like those used for tracking your usage and predicting your behavior.
There are options to selectively block a site's cookies. See
Edit::Preferences::Privacy (on windows Tools::Options::Privacy).
There are a number of addons for handling cookies.
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=cookie&appver=&platform=>

--
James Moe
jmm-list at sohnen-moe dot com

[Ed Mullen]

James Moe wrote:
> On 04/09/2013 04:44 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
>>>
>> I suppose I do that via Tools->Options, click Private, etc. I have lots
>> of cookies. How would I know which ones I need?
>
> You do not need any of them.

Only if you can remember and want to re-enter repetitive site logon
data. Cookies are indispensable for re-visits to legitimate sites
(banking, credit cards, shopping, etc.).

Advice to delete all cookies is not telling the whole story and will
cause most users problems.

Granted, learning how to manage cookies is a task most have no idea how
to tackle. Still, most people should expend the effort and figure it out.

--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net/
The hilarious thing about self-important self-righteous people is that
they are so easily baited.

[nkrs...@gmail.com]

понедељак, 06. јануар 2014. 01.01.33 UTC+1, Ed Mullen је написао/ла:
> James Moe wrote:
>
> > On 04/09/2013 04:44 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
>
> >>>
>
> >> I suppose I do that via Tools->Options, click Private, etc. I have lots
>
> >> of cookies. How would I know which ones I need?

I had a similar problem with annoying Criteo ads. This forum group is the first one on Google results list, but you can just waste your time here or, worse, ruin your machine.

All you need is just to opt-out from that site and dozens of unwanted companies that lost your privacy clickin on http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp

It was fourth on the results list and helped instantly. Don't waste time with your coockies.

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <e732f6c3-cd30-4faf...@googlegroups.com>,
nkrs...@gmail.com writes:
[]

>All you need is just to opt-out from that site and dozens of unwanted
>companies that lost your privacy clickin on
>http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp
>
>It was fourth on the results list and helped instantly. Don't waste
>time with your coockies.

Hmm. That site immediately redirects to
http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/, which on my machine sits
there for ever with a spinner saying "Testing Browser Support for
Cookies ..." (yes, All Capitals Like That), and under it "The
functionality of this page requires that your browser allows both first
and third party cookies." (Irritatingly, low so I had to scroll down to
see it.) Nope, I'm not turning on 3pcs just to see what the page does
... (-:
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

31.69 nHz = once a year. (Julian Thomas)

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

> nkrs...@gmail.com writes:
> []
>>All you need is just to opt-out from that site and dozens of unwanted
>>companies that lost your privacy clickin on
>>http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp
>>
>>It was fourth on the results list and helped instantly. Don't waste time
>>with your coockies.
>
> Hmm. That site immediately redirects to
> http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/, which on my machine sits
> there for ever with a spinner saying "Testing Browser Support for
> Cookies ..." (yes, All Capitals Like That), and under it "The
> functionality of this page requires that your browser allows both first
> and third party cookies." (Irritatingly, low so I had to scroll down to
> see it.) Nope, I'm not turning on 3pcs just to see what the page does
> ... (-:

Further, you can't choose to join and set anything if JavaScript is
disabled. The author of that site also needs a lesson in contrast. Small
light gray text on a white background is difficult to read.

The whole thing smacks of a scam to *get* your personal information, and I
won't touch it with the proverbial 10-foot barge pole.

--
-bts
-This space for rent, but the price is high

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <Js6dnWT_RcU6v2vP...@mozilla.org>, Beauregard T.

Yes, when I glanced further up and saw that it was actually run by (or
on behalf of) some advertising (or similar) body itself, ...

(Not getting at nkrsticbg [!], who I'm willing to give the benefit of
the doubt and assume posted in good faith.)

--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

no good deed goes unpunished. This is an iron-clad rule in Netiquette.

[EE]

Better yet, do not let just anybody set cookies. Default to blocking
them and make exceptions to allow only those that you need.

[Anthonym33]

On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 8:31:52 PM UTC+2, W. eWatson wrote:
> I have an ad on my Google window on Win 7 PC. It's put their by a
>
> company called Criteo. On their website they talk about removing it, but
>
> I haven't found it to work yet. They do mention,"The Criteo opt out
>
> relies on a cookie, so if you delete your cookies you will no longer be
>
> opted out."
>
>
>
> My questions is what is their cookie name? I looked at FF Tools-Option,
>
> and found the Privacy tab gets me to a dialog where I can remove single
>
> or all cookies. There's a search area, so I entered Criteo, but no luck.
>
>
>
> This NAI opt-out stuff is a menace.

Just block criteo.com in Adblock.
There. Fixed.

[sam...@cisbec.net]

On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 1:31:52 PM UTC-5, W. eWatson wrote:
> I have an ad on my Google window on Win 7 PC. It's put their by a
>
> company called Criteo. On their website they talk about removing it, but
>
> I haven't found it to work yet. They do mention,"The Criteo opt out
>
> relies on a cookie, so if you delete your cookies you will no longer be
>
> opted out."
>
>
>
> My questions is what is their cookie name? I looked at FF Tools-Option,
>
> and found the Privacy tab gets me to a dialog where I can remove single
>
> or all cookies. There's a search area, so I entered Criteo, but no luck.
>
>
>
> This NAI opt-out stuff is a menace.

Go here to the Criteo Opt Out Page and click on the text "Click Here" to opt out. Here's the link to do that. That's what I did.

http://info.criteo.com/pac/privacy/informations?infonorm=2&partner=13148&campaignid=55244&zoneid=80522&bannerid=2638804&displayid=3f5a471cb3&uaCap=0

[Dave Pyles]

Or try the instructions here (Not a Criteo site):
http://www.precisesecurity.com/adware/remove-ads-criteo

Dave Pyles

[Robert M Jones]

Would it be possible to block by adding a Criteo IP address range to
your HOSTS file?

[wend...@gmail.com]

http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp

Thanks, The above link worked for me!!!!

[Peter Holsberg]

Is this valid or a phish???

[WaltS48]

J.P. Gulliver reports that the above link redirects.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.support.firefox/JnxCJrc9Nac/P31vbEfgrMEJ


W.eWatson states Malwarebytes.org helped him remove the Criteo cookie
and others on his system.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.support.firefox/JnxCJrc9Nac/5_QZVAlLBb8J

YMMV

--
Professional & Amateur Pinball Association’s World Championships
August 14-17, 2014
<http://papa.org/>
GO Bucs!

[ccar...@gmail.com]

I know this thread is pretty old, but I just realized that if you go to:

http://www.criteo.com/privacy/

There's a toggle button about half-way down the page which enables you to opt-out or opt-in. I assume this writes the cookie or deletes it as necessary.

This is correct as of today. Can't say if they'll change the site in the future.

Hope this helps.

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message
<mailman.3266.141583242...@lists.mozilla.org>,

When I look, underneath the toggle button, it says "Sorry, unable to
process your request. Please try later." (I try anyway, and it toggles -
but then toggles back again after a few seconds.)

--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that
may never be questioned.

[Wolf K.]

On 2014-11-15 4:05 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> In message
> <mailman.3266.141583242...@lists.mozilla.org>,
> ccar...@gmail.com writes:
>> I know this thread is pretty old, but I just realized that if you go to:
>>
>> http://www.criteo.com/privacy/
>>
>> There's a toggle button about half-way down the page which enables you
>> to opt-out or opt-in. I assume this writes the cookie or deletes it
>> as necessary.
>>
>> This is correct as of today. Can't say if they'll change the site in
>> the future.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>
> When I look, underneath the toggle button, it says "Sorry, unable to
> process your request. Please try later." (I try anyway, and it toggles -
> but then toggles back again after a few seconds.)

Tools --> Options --> Privacy --> Show Cookies --> Delete all the
cookies you don't want. BTW, you'll fins some you've never heard of.
Amazing how many cookies are set in the background.

Also set Cookies to "Ask Me...", and then "Allow for Session Only" when
asked.

HTH

--
Best,
Wolf K.
kirkwood40.blogspot.ca

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message
<mailman.3525.141606504...@lists.mozilla.org>, Wolf

K. <wol...@sympatico.ca> writes:
>On 2014-11-15 4:05 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>> In message
>> <mailman.3266.141583242...@lists.mozilla.org>,
>> ccar...@gmail.com writes:
>>> I know this thread is pretty old, but I just realized that if you go to:
>>>
>>> http://www.criteo.com/privacy/
>>>
>>> There's a toggle button about half-way down the page which enables you
>>> to opt-out or opt-in. I assume this writes the cookie or deletes it
>>> as necessary.
>>>
>>> This is correct as of today. Can't say if they'll change the site in
>>> the future.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> When I look, underneath the toggle button, it says "Sorry, unable to
>> process your request. Please try later." (I try anyway, and it toggles -
>> but then toggles back again after a few seconds.)
>
>Tools --> Options --> Privacy --> Show Cookies --> Delete all the
>cookies you don't want. BTW, you'll fins some you've never heard of.
>Amazing how many cookies are set in the background.

I had two with criteo in the URL name. I deleted them both. Reloading
the page - no change.

Besides, isn't the function we're trying to change retained by a cookie?

>
>Also set Cookies to "Ask Me...", and then "Allow for Session Only" when
>asked.
>
>HTH
>

--

J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Personally, I don't like the Senate idea, I don't like the idea of having to
elect another bunch of overpaid incompetents. I don't like the idea of having
wholesale appointments by the PM of the day for domination of the second
chamber. I like anachronism. I like the idea of a bunch of unelected congenital
idiots getting in the way of a bunch of conmen. - Charles F. Hankel, 1998-3-19.

[MrGatoChile]

>>
>> Also set Cookies to "Ask Me...", and then "Allow for Session Only"
>> when asked.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>

Change Firefox to not accept third party cookies.
Login the base website if neccesary(or add exceptions to remember in a
particular website).