On 29/03/2010 13:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: > Send dorset mailing list submissions to > dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk > > You can reach the person managing the list at > dorset-ow...@mailman.lug.org.uk > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of dorset digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: HTML/PHP script (Robert Bronsdon) > 2. Re: HTML/PHP script ... etc (David Stanton) > 3. Re: HTML/PHP script ... etc (Robert Bronsdon) > 4. Re: HTML/PHP script ... etc (Ralph Corderoy) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:50:03 +0100 > From: "Robert Bronsdon" <reash...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Dorset] HTML/PHP script > To: "Dorset Linux User Group" <dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk> > Message-ID: <op.vabmtowrzjz...@puffy.home> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > That code includes a Javascript file in the webpage for the browser to > download and add to the local JS name space. > > Given its an empty file (not verified personally) I'd suggest its a form > of tracking. The people who own that domain will watch every access > attempt on the file and log it. The file is empty to minimise load on > their server. > > Also given its empty I'd suggest the file itself isn't harmful. The > information you pass up through that tracking 'could' be. It could prove > your email address is active (for example). > > Rob > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.791 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2777 - Release Date: 03/29/10 > 07:32:00 >
Thanks guys! This hardly seems something a ethical web designer would do without at the very least explaining it to and discussing it with their clients (my friends), who not being IT aware, wouldn't look at the source code and know anything unexpected was there. The "Maverick Monkey" sequence of websites lead me to a site which referred to something called "Adsense". I gather this is an extension of the Google Adwords(?) (the pay per click advertising system which brings up a link to a website when a "keyword" is searched for). As I understood it "Adsense" is a system which lets a third party (as some sort of sponsor) cream off a commission. There was talk of Google Adwords being used on the website so I am wondering if this is what was planned. David -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-04-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
