If you "View|Source" on drudgereport.com, you'll see this near the top of the HTML:
< POP-UNDER CODE v1.7 for drudgereport.com >
<
var doc=document; var url=escape(doc.location.href); var date_ob=new Date();
doc.cookie='h2=o; path=/;';var bust=date_ob.getSeconds();
if(doc.cookie.indexOf('e=llo') <= 0 && doc.cookie.indexOf('2=o') > 0){
doc.write('scr'+'ipt language="javascript" src="http://media.fastclick.net');
doc.write('/w/pop.cgi?sid=8627&m=2&v=1.7e&u='+url+'&c='+bust+'">');
date_ob.setTime(date_ob.getTime()+43200000);
doc.cookie='he=llo; path=/; expires='+ date_ob.toGMTString();} //
< POP-UNDER CODE v1.7 for drudgereport.com --> That's where the pop-up is coming from (actually it's a pop-under). It's a JavaScript on Drudge's home page. You could disable JavaScript (called "Active Scripting" on IE) and that will kill all pop-ups of this sort. Unfortunately, it will also disable a lot of the commercial sites you visit.You can delete cookies until you're blue in the face, and you won't make this go away. In fact it will happen more often, because these guys use a cookie to limit how often they hit you with the ad. |
This has nothing to do with FR, or AdWare. It doesn't really have anything to do with cookies, except that Drudge's advertiser puts one on your machine to make sure they don't send you a pop-up too often.