Trying to block st.sageanalyst.net cookie

Adaware has been picking up this cookie for the past few months on various workstations of mine.

I've attempted to block sageanalyst.net by adding this key and value to my registry, but some domain keeps adding it.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\P3P\History\sageanalyst.net]
@=dword:00000005

This is the basic file name and contents of the cookie...

account_name@st.sageanalyst[1].txt

smuid
20012004-734-1210625466178251074610183
st.sageanalyst.net/
1024
4285291904
29981051
2056290496
29613924
*

Am I missing something?


Any input is appreciated.

Thanks,

Tony Pedretti

 

Hi Tony,

I am not entirely sure if that makes a difference, but have you tried adding the st. in front of the domain name?

Regards,

Pieter

 

Pieter,

Sorry, I had copied that line from a reg file of blocks I'm maintaining.

The workstation in question had st.sageanalyst.net blocked not sageanalyst.net. I've since added sageanalyst.net as well and going to try to keep an eye on what domain is adding this cookie.

Still wondering if there is some sort of trickery going on here?


Thanks,

Tony

 

I understand why you suspect trickery.

If you happen to find a URL where that cookie gets dumped on you, could you mail that to the adress in my profile please?

 

I noticed that the cookie was being created early in my day so I figured it was one of the web sites I was visiting consistently each morning.
Didn't take long to figure out the cookie created below was created by dilbert.com.

account_name@1074782280474[1].txt

smuid
22012004-734-1210625466161261074782304
st.sageanalyst.net/1074782280474
1024
3213406208
29981452
1438024800
29614325
*

 

Feedback from United Media "webmaster"...

Subject: FW: st.sageanalyst.net third-party cookie off dilbert.com
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:12:58 -0500

Tony,
SageAnalyst.net is actually our website traffic software that helps us gage
traffic numbers on our websites, we do not store personal information. I
will take a look at our privacy policies. Thank you for your attention to
this matter.

Associate Marketing Manager
United Media
200 Madison Ave, NYC 10016 | (212) 293-8511
www.comics.com <> www.dilbert.com <> www.snoopy.com



-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 3:02 PM
To: webmaster@NoSPaMunitedmedia.com
Subject: st.sageanalyst.net third-party cookie off dilbert.com

To whom it may concern,

Like the millions of others, I'm a big fan of the Dilbert comic strip and
was disappointed to see the dilbert.com domain creating a third-party cookie from st.sageanalyst.net.

Your privacy policy states "Dilbert.com, with the exception of The Dilbert
Store, does not use "cookies" or tracking software that can identify you
personally while you are visiting the site."

I'm curious to know if this initally was a play on words since its possible
that these cookies don't "identify you personally". In any case, what is
the purpose of these cookies?

Avid fan and reader,

Tony Pedretti
La Grange, IL USA