Bugnosis
One way sleazy advertisers monitor your surfing habits is with Web bugs:
invisible graphics embedded in Web pages or e-mail that return
data to the the tracker's Web site.
True to its name, Bugnosis
analyzes the pages that you visit and alerts you when it finds any of
these pesky things.
It runs a battery of tests on each suspicious graphic on a Web page when you first open it.
If the program finds a possible Web bug, it alerts you with a sound ("uh-oh!")
and makes the culprit visible, so you can see where it is placed on the Web page.
In some cases Bugnosis allows you to send an e-mail to the party that
placed the Web bug. Bugnosis works only with Internet Explorer (version 5.0 or later).
Price: Free
Operating System(s): Windows 9.x
Download Bugnosis now at:
PC World
:Q
One way sleazy advertisers monitor your surfing habits is with Web bugs:
invisible graphics embedded in Web pages or e-mail that return
data to the the tracker's Web site.
True to its name, Bugnosis
analyzes the pages that you visit and alerts you when it finds any of
these pesky things.
It runs a battery of tests on each suspicious graphic on a Web page when you first open it.
If the program finds a possible Web bug, it alerts you with a sound ("uh-oh!")
and makes the culprit visible, so you can see where it is placed on the Web page.
In some cases Bugnosis allows you to send an e-mail to the party that
placed the Web bug. Bugnosis works only with Internet Explorer (version 5.0 or later).
Price: Free
Operating System(s): Windows 9.x
Download Bugnosis now at:
PC World
:Q
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