Tio 0 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Hey people, (sorry if this is a stupid question) so I was checking my history and I just saw that I visited something called "gasurvey.gemius.com" I personally never visited this site (might be redirected) I googled it and it is something to collect my browser-related data ? Can someone more knowledgeable inspect it, because when I google it all I come to is this "gasurvey.gemius.com" and 1 more article, I never had pop-ups or anything I just noticed it in my browser history. All I understand is that someone is basically spying on everything I do on the internet ? Could someone not so retarded as me clarify me this 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Most Valued Members Nightowl 202 Posted January 12, 2020 Most Valued Members Share Posted January 12, 2020 5 hours ago, Tio said: Hey people, (sorry if this is a stupid question) so I was checking my history and I just saw that I visited something called "gasurvey.gemius.com" I personally never visited this site (might be redirected) I googled it and it is something to collect my browser-related data ? Can someone more knowledgeable inspect it, because when I google it all I come to is this "gasurvey.gemius.com" and 1 more article, I never had pop-ups or anything I just noticed it in my browser history. All I understand is that someone is basically spying on everything I do on the internet ? Could someone not so retarded as me clarify me this 😕 If you have ESET running , you can do in-depth scan for your computer to make sure you don't have any kind of threats lurking inside your PC, and for your browser , that website you are talking about might be a redirection from another website if you have never visited it. Adding uBlock origin extension to your browser might help you get rid off many useless ads and disturbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Marcos 5,074 Posted January 12, 2020 Administrators Share Posted January 12, 2020 Gemius is a company that provides surveys for clients, typically for newspapers or magazines on their website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tio 0 Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 3 hours ago, Rami said: If you have ESET running , you can do in-depth scan for your computer to make sure you don't have any kind of threats lurking inside your PC, and for your browser , that website you are talking about might be a redirection from another website if you have never visited it. Adding uBlock origin extension to your browser might help you get rid off many useless ads and disturbing. Just did in-depth scan all good, I have AdblockPlus is it any good ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tio 0 Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, Marcos said: Gemius is a company that provides surveys for clients, typically for newspapers or magazines on their website. Oh I see , so nothing to do with collecting my browser-related data, probably just redirected me there from one of the sports sites that I visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Most Valued Members Nightowl 202 Posted January 12, 2020 Most Valued Members Share Posted January 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tio said: Just did in-depth scan all good, I have AdblockPlus is it any good ? uBlock origin should be better , also in terms of RAM and CPU usage , it is lighter , but afterall it's what you prefer in the end. , but I prefer ublock origin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tio 0 Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 50 minutes ago, Rami said: uBlock origin should be better , also in terms of RAM and CPU usage , it is lighter , but afterall it's what you prefer in the end. , but I prefer ublock origin I mean in the end it does the same job , right ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Most Valued Members Nightowl 202 Posted January 12, 2020 Most Valued Members Share Posted January 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tio said: I mean in the end it does the same job , right ? Yes probably they would use the same lists for filtering , but go with uBlock Origin Before ABP was good , but something changed or they sold to someone else and it went a little bit downhill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itman 1,659 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, Tio said: I just saw that I visited something called "gasurvey.gemius.com" This site is not directly accessible in a browser. If you try to access it via this URL, you will receive "403 Forbidden." Assume it's a tracker site some other web site you accessed, directed to for the purpose of harvesting your web activities. If this type of activity concerns you, use a browser such as FireFox which emphasizes privacy. Add to FireFox, the uBlock Origin extension as previously recommended in this thread. Edited January 12, 2020 by itman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tio 0 Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, itman said: This site is not directly accessible in a browser. If you try to access it via this URL, you will receive "403 Forbidden." Assume it's a tracker site some other web site you accessed, directed to for the purpose of harvesting your web activities. If this type of activity concerns you, use a browser such as FireFox which emphasizes privacy. Add to FireFox, the uBlock Origin extension as previously recommended in this thread. Well that's the thing I don't know if I should be concerned or not. So what your assuming is that it might directed me to a tracker site which for example says "this person visits this sites" ? Shouldn't the AV detect this kind of stuff ? I have an idea where I got it from but its a site which is visited by millions of people, why it's targeted at me or its not targeted ? Why would some1 would harvest my web activities ? Edited January 12, 2020 by Tio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tio 0 Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 3 hours ago, Rami said: Yes probably they would use the same lists for filtering , but go with uBlock Origin Before ABP was good , but something changed or they sold to someone else and it went a little bit downhill. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itman 1,659 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Tio said: Shouldn't the AV detect this kind of stuff ? No, because its a privacy versus a malware issue. Note the the Internet generates revenue from recording what is in essence what users do and sells that data in the form of statistical analysis (mostly benign) or for ad targeting and the like (nuisance). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tio 0 Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 hour ago, itman said: No, because its a privacy versus a malware issue. Note the the Internet generates revenue from recording what is in essence what users do and sells that data in the form of statistical analysis (mostly benign) or for ad targeting and the like (nuisance). Yeah I just read that today and to add when f.e you google car's and there is an ad on facebook suggesting me cars. More like to see you whole internet behavior. I thought that, that was something directly targeted to me as if someone is just spying on every site i go into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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