Watch Out for Online Ads That Watch You
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New Web ads respond to your activities--and this has privacy advocates worried.
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Pay attention and you might grab a reward.
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Online shopping engines may help you find multiple price offers, but our investigation finds that unscrupulous stores are gaming their systems.
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Looks to commercial surveillance tools
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Alternative browser features protection against online scams.
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Also: Scientists activate that creepy feeling. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Like thousands of other merchants, Tammy Harrison thought she had struck gold when hordes visited her Web site by clicking on the small Internet ads she purchased from the world's most popular online search engines. It cost Harrison as much as &#36;20 for each click, but the potential new business seemed to justify the expense. Harrison's delight dimmed, though, when she realized the people clicking on her ads weren't really interested in her products.
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Over the past year, spyware has become an increasing problem. Every time that you visit a web site, you must run the gauntlet of a variety of pop-up adverts, any of which can be programmed to place spyware on your computer.
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The company has come up with some on-demand advertising. Will it woo viewers?
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Never mind your profile. Social networking sites are tracking what you do and buy, and the you they see may not be the you you really want everyone else to see. From Wired magazine.
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By Rozana Sani  YOU may have heard of, been cautioned on or even fallen victim to "black money" scams, fake animal vaccine sales, lottery prize and inheritance scams, all operated through the Internet. Now brace yourselves for the "hitman" scam.
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By Anonymous  WAN lessons learned  Plus: How to hide your online footprints.
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The battle between advertisers and online search networks over the pervasiveness of click-fraud continues to grow more heated with researchers claiming rapid growth of automated ad impressions and outside observers noting an overall lack of transparency in the space.
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By PAT KANE  Anyone who has visited a major website recently has surely seen the new batch of "Mac vs. PC" ads.
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Streaming malware Video clips from YouTube might come booby-trapped with malware, security watchers warn.â¦
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The latest malware trend should prompt you to think twice about the links you click next time you search.
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Spammers exploit your Achillesâ heel (or other body part).