Overview |
Category: |
Tracking Cookie: Any cookie that is shared among two or more web pages for the purpose of tracking a user's surfing history.
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Similar Pests: |
Tracking Cookie |
Origins |
Group: |
About.com |
Vendor: |
About.Com was founded in 1997 (as The Mining Company) by Scott Kurnit and a dedicated group of entrepreneurs. It was re-named About.Com in 1999 to reflect its growing breadth of content, services and ease of use. In 2000, About, Inc. was acquired by PRIMEDIA Inc. (NYSE: PRM). PRIMEDIA is the leading targeted media company in the United States. With 2003 revenues from continuing businesses of $1.3 billion, our properties deliver content via print as well as the Internet, live events and video and offer highly effective advertising and marketing solutions in some of the most sought after niche markets. PRIMEDIA Enthusiast Media includes more than 120 consumer magazines, their Web sites and About.com, and is the #1 special interest magazine publisher in the U.S. with well-known brands such as Motor Trend, Automobile, Creating Keepsakes, In-Fisherman, Power & Motoryacht, Hot Rod, Snowboarder, Stereophile and Surfer. PRIMEDIA Consumer Guides is the #1 publisher and distributor of free consumer guides, with Apartment Guide, Auto Guide and New Homes Guide. PRIMEDIA Business Information has leading positions in 20 market sectors such as Agribusiness, Communications, Entertainment, Marketing and Transportation. PRIMEDIA Education and Training includes Channel One and other educational and training products. |
Mailing Address: |
249 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 |
Date of Origin: |
August, 2003 |
Distribution |
Prevalence: |
About.com: 0.4%
More Info |
Clot Factor: |
About.com: 1
The "Clot Factor" is a measure of how much a pest "gums up" a machine by adding registry entries, files, and directories. As more objects are placed in a machine, manual removal becomes more difficult and more error-prone. |
Growth: |
About.com: Insufficient data to report growth |
Operation |
Risks |
Privacy Policy: |
http://about.com/gi/pages/privacy.htm |
Detection and Removal |
Automatic Removal: |
 PestPatrol detects this.
PestPatrol removes this.
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Research |
More Info: |
AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo! |
Research By: |
PestPatrol's Pest Research Center |
Last Revised: |
April 14, 2005 |