TB spamming?

Tim Cole · #1 06-28-2004, 07:55 PM

I'm sure this isn't the case, but wanted you to be aware this was posted on another website

Cookie Alert ...
<HR SIZE=1>For what it's worth, when I logged into the "Pit" this afternoon my computer intercepted an unsolicited cookie from Talkbass. Looks like they are trying to hook in on Dudepit users ..

http://p219.ezboard.com/fthedudepitf...cID=8982.topic

**HeavyDuty** · #2 06-30-2004, 06:53 AM

Paul?

**paul** · #3 07-05-2004, 10:07 PM

I must admit I don't know how this is possible.... the user logged into the Pit, and something comes up saying TalkBass is trying to write a cookie? How could that be?

Oh, I think I may have a guess - some users on the Pit reference an avatar from TalkBass, using a URL ending in /forum/avatar.php etc. Indeed, looking at the webserver's log file, the #1 site for off-site linking of images from TalkBass is the Pit. Any call to a script in the "forum" directory will set a 'last visited cookie' I think. All TalkBass runs is a standard VBulletin Board install... I don't know much about cookies but I know that you can view all the TalkBass VBulletin cookies set on your system by going to this URL:

http://www.talkbass/com/forum/mycookies.php

Trevorus · #4 07-05-2004, 10:23 PM

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/mycookies.php

Fixed the link.

tappel · #5 07-06-2004, 03:33 PM

This is all much ado about nothing. Paul's guess seems to be the most likely scenario.

For reference:
http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq

Tom