This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

Even though the settings here are correct, I still cannot block ebay cookies!!!

  • 3 replies
  • 1 has this problem
  • 1 view
  • Last reply by tuxhats

tuxhats
tuxhats
more options

I've got private settings to block www.ebay.com, ebay.com, ebay*, *ebay* and they still plant cookies on me!!! How can we stop this???

I have the latest updates from Ubuntu 10.10 plus your recent update from your site! What's up with ebay's ability to bypass my settings?

I've got private settings to block www.ebay.com, ebay.com, ebay*, *ebay* and they still plant cookies on me!!! How can we stop this??? I have the latest updates from Ubuntu 10.10 plus your recent update from your site! What's up with ebay's ability to bypass my settings?

Modified by tuxhats

Chosen solution

I resolved it!!! Ebay had placed a cookie under another alias that DID NOT have ebay in it's name. This cookie kept reinserting the other ebay cookies. I don't know how they did this because it didn't have any "ebay" in the cookie name. I used Seamonkey and went to each of my sites that I allow cookies from. I did a comparison and found the BAD cookie by deleting the ones that didn't match the Seamonkey cookies. I only wish I had captured the cookie name before deleting it so I could post it's name here. Thanks anyway!

Read this answer in context 👍 0

All Replies (3)

Vivek
Vivek
more options

Hi,

Do you have two Firefox? The one that came with Ubuntu and the one installed directly from mozilla.com

tuxhats
tuxhats Question owner
more options

I have Ubuntu 10.10 and Firefox version 9.0.1. I've tried "add-ons" also: Cookie Controller 1.1, CookieMan Context 2.4, and CookieFast 1.0 to no avail. Nothing is blocking "ebay" cookies no matter what settings or add-ons I use!!! Check it out yourself. See that they have by-passed the controls and put cookies on you!!! This is a serious breech of security.

Modified by tuxhats

tuxhats
tuxhats Question owner
more options

Chosen Solution

I resolved it!!! Ebay had placed a cookie under another alias that DID NOT have ebay in it's name. This cookie kept reinserting the other ebay cookies. I don't know how they did this because it didn't have any "ebay" in the cookie name. I used Seamonkey and went to each of my sites that I allow cookies from. I did a comparison and found the BAD cookie by deleting the ones that didn't match the Seamonkey cookies. I only wish I had captured the cookie name before deleting it so I could post it's name here. Thanks anyway!