Yahoo altfarm.mediaplex Error Code -12263

[Sharon Morton]

Anyone have insight into this Yahoo mail browser popup alert?

Alert
altfarm.mediaplex.com has sent an incorrect or unexpected message.
Error Code: -12263

I get this every day with Firefox on WinXP in my yahoo email.

I googled but mediaplex doesn't seem to be out there much. Why would just I
get this yahoo-related error message?

I do use a huge hosts file I got from the internet that blocks all sorts of
media stuff.

Here are the mediaplex lines:
127.0.0.1 mediaplex.com #[eTrust.Tracking Cookie]
127.0.0.1 adfarm.mediaplex.com #[Adware.Meplex][Adware-DesktopMedia.dr]
127.0.0.1 altfarm.mediaplex.com #[may affect eBay][MVPS.Criteria]
127.0.0.1 img.mediaplex.com #[Ewido.TrackingCookie.Mediaplex]
127.0.0.1 img-snv.mediaplex.com #[Tenebril.Tracking Cookie]
127.0.0.1 www.mediaplex.com #[SunBelt.Mediaplex.com]

What is this mediaplex thingey trying to do to me?

[1932]

"Sharon Morton" <smorton@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:y2i6r16alyzw.98ac4lc7jdrx$.dlg@40tude.net...
> Anyone have insight into this Yahoo mail browser popup alert?
>
> Alert
> altfarm.mediaplex.com has sent an incorrect or unexpected message.
> Error Code: -12263
>
> I get this every day with Firefox on WinXP in my yahoo email.
>
> I googled but mediaplex doesn't seem to be out there much. Why would just
> I
> get this yahoo-related error message?
>
> I do use a huge hosts file I got from the internet that blocks all sorts
> of
> media stuff.
>
> Here are the mediaplex lines:
> 127.0.0.1 mediaplex.com #[eTrust.Tracking Cookie]
> 127.0.0.1 adfarm.mediaplex.com #[Adware.Meplex][Adware-DesktopMedia.dr]
> 127.0.0.1 altfarm.mediaplex.com #[may affect eBay][MVPS.Criteria]
> 127.0.0.1 img.mediaplex.com #[Ewido.TrackingCookie.Mediaplex]
> 127.0.0.1 img-snv.mediaplex.com #[Tenebril.Tracking Cookie]
> 127.0.0.1 www.mediaplex.com #[SunBelt.Mediaplex.com]
>
Add altfarm.mediaplex.com to your hosts file.

[Got Chalk]

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:44:09 +0100, Sebastian Gottschalk wrote:
>>> Anyone have insight into this Yahoo mail browser popup alert?
> Seems like you created it yourself, as you stated below:

Sebastian is right. It's your fault. But not for the reasons he stated.

Both Yahoo and Ebay are well known for spying on users and feedind personal
information back to the offshore mediaplex conglomerates.

Mediaplex, a British consortium, pays Yahoo a tenth of a penny for your
private habits. Think about that.

Your privacy is only worth one tenth of a red cent to them. Do a search for
"Mediaplex removal tool" or "Kill MediaPlex Now" to remove the registry
keys that cause these problems.

If you were running adaware or spyware blaster, you'd not be bothered by
these yahoo trojans.

It's really all your fault as Sebastian said.




On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:44:09 +0100, Sebastian Gottschalk wrote:

> 1932 wrote:
>
>>> Anyone have insight into this Yahoo mail browser popup alert?
>
> Seems like you created it yourself, as you stated below:
>
>>> I do use a huge hosts file I got from the internet that blocks all sorts
>>> of media stuff.
>
> Sh... why do you do such nonsense?
>
>>> Here are the mediaplex lines:
>>> 127.0.0.1 mediaplex.com #[eTrust.Tracking Cookie]
>>> 127.0.0.1 adfarm.mediaplex.com #[Adware.Meplex][Adware-DesktopMedia.dr]
>>> 127.0.0.1 altfarm.mediaplex.com #[may affect eBay][MVPS.Criteria]
>>> 127.0.0.1 img.mediaplex.com #[Ewido.TrackingCookie.Mediaplex]
>>> 127.0.0.1 img-snv.mediaplex.com #[Tenebril.Tracking Cookie]
>>> 127.0.0.1 www.mediaplex.com #[SunBelt.Mediaplex.com]
>>>
>> Add altfarm.mediaplex.com to your hosts file.
>
> He did. However, if he had not already done so, it would a bad advice. As
> if these funny descriptions wouldn't be obviously idiotic enough...