AdMonitor

· Overview ·
· Origins ·
· Distribution ·
· Operation ·
· Risks ·
· Detection and Removal ·
· Research ·

Overview

Vendor Notes:

 L90 understands the tremendous marketing opportunity that the Internet presents, and we have developed the knowledge, tools, programs and team to capitalize on it. Our next generation marketing tools allow us to fully monetize Web inventory while delivering the best value to our marketing clients. Source

Category:

Tracking Cookie: Any cookie that is shared among two or more web pages for the purpose of tracking a user's surfing history.

Similar Pests:

 Tracking Cookie

Origins

Group:

 L90

Vendor:

 L90

URL:

 http://www.l90.com

Date of Origin:

 January, 2003

Distribution

Prevalence:
  • AdMonitor: 0.0%
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    Clot Factor:
  • AdMonitor: 2

    • 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:
  • AdMonitor: Insufficient data to report growth
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    Operation

    Risks

    Privacy Policy:
    • www.l90.com/external_site/privacy_policy.html and www.l90.com/external_site/privacy_policyL90.html
    • "We recommend that you periodically review this Privacy Statement, as L90 may update it from time to time."
    • "In the course of delivering an ad to you, L90 does not collect personally identifiable information about you." L90 collects browser information (including browser type, IP address, OS, domain) and clickstream data. Tracking cookies are also used: "A cookie is a unique number that is assigned to you the first time L90 serves you an ad."
    • "In some cases, you may voluntarily provide personal information in response to a specific ad. L90 may collect this information on behalf of the advertiser, who, in turn, will use this information to respond to your request for a catalogue. In addition, there may be instances in which you voluntarily elect to provide information in exchange for sweepstakes opportunities, special offers, promotions and other targeted offers based upon your interests."
    • Nothing is stated in the Privacy Policy about what is done with this information.
    • Opt-Out Option: Opt-out cookie available at www.l90.com/external_site/privacy_optout.html.
    • Privacy Contact: customerservice@L90.com

    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Research

    More Info:
  • More info: AdMonitor. Privacy policy.
  • AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo!
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    Research By:
  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
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    Last Revised:

    		 April 14, 2005