Important notice for Webmasters

[thecoalman]

While on the subject of Copyright on another thread I thought of something that might be important if you run a site. If your not aware Norton Anti-Virus with ad remover will block any image/external file that is placed in folders named banner, ads, ad.....a complete list follows. I found this out the hard way. I used the folder banner for years as the title images for my pages.

Just thought you might want to be aware of that.

The sizes refer to image sizes that are blocked. This list as of May, there may be new ones.

ads.go2net.com
.atdmt.com
&ad=
&merchant_
125x125
160x600
180x150
234x60
240x400
250x250
300x250
336x280
468x60
88x31
120x90
120x60
120x240
.tribalfusion.com
?banner=
ar.atwola.com
.ad.
.ads/
.ads.
.net-on.com
.webconnect.net
1-2-free.com
199.172.144.25/2
/199.78.52.
%23CLink
%2Fads%2E
%3Fad%2E
a32.g.a.yimg.com/7
?acb=acb
/accipiter/adserver
actionsplash.com/
&ad_
/ad-
/ad/
_ad.
/ad.
?ad.
?ad.cgi
-ad.cgi
ad.doubleclick.net/
/ad.html
?ad=
adbanner
adbot.
/adbot.
adbot.com
adbucks.com/
adcenter.in2.com
AdClick
/adclient.
/adcontent.
/ad_control
/adcouncil/
adcount.hollywood.com
/addhit.cfm
ad-flow.com
/adforce/
/adgifs/
/adgraph/
AdID=
AI=
/ad_image
/adimage
/adimg/
/adinfo
/adjuggler
?adlink
adlink.de/
adlink.htm
adlink.preferences.com
/adlog.
/adman.
adman.medius.net
admaximize.com/
/adnet/
/adnet.
adoptimizer
/adpics/
/adpopup
/adproof/
adredir.asp
/adredirect
_ads/
-ads/
/ads-
/ads/
/ads.
ads.adsmart.net
ads.clickagents.com
ads.imagine-inc.com
ads.imdb.com
ads.infospace.com
ads.lycosasia.com.sg/RealMedia/ads/
ads.narrowline.com
ads.realmedia.com
ads.softbank.net
ads.usatoday.com
ads.washingtonpost.com
ads.web21.com
/adsales
/adsamples/
?adserv
/adserv
/adserve
/adserver/
adserver.
adserver.
/Ads/Media/
/adspace
/adsrc
/AdsRotator.asp
/AdSwap.dll
ads0
ads1
ads2
ads3
ads4
ads5
ads6
ads7
ads8
ads9
/ad_track/
ad-up.com
/adv/
?adv=
/advert/
/advertentie
/advertise/
advertisements
/advertiser/
/advertisers/
/advertising/
advertising.com
/adverts/
/adview.
adware.hu
/AdWindowRotator.asp/
affiliatetarget.com/
ajrotator
alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=
allclicks.com/
allpolitics.com/ads/
allpolitics.com/ads/
andovernews.com/banner
andovernews.com/pagecount.gif
angelfire.com/sys/popup
badservant.guj.de
/banner/
/banner.
&banner=
/banner=
bannerad
banner_ad
/bannerads/
/banner-ads/
bannerads.
bannerbrokers.com/
bannerexchange.com
/bannergifs/
/bannerimages/
/banner_images/
bannerland.de/
bannermall.com/
bannerpool.com/
bannerpower.com
/banners/
bannerspace.com/
bannerswap.com
bfast.com/booklink
BF_Home_AD
/by.banclk?
cash.com/
cash4banner.com
cash4banner.de
/cgi/banner
/cgi/banner.cgi
/cgi-bin/accipiter
/cgi-bin/ad/
/cgi-bin/ad.cgi
/cgi-bin/ad_center/
/cgi-bin/adjuggler
/cgi-bin/ads/
/cgi-bin/ads.cgi
/cgi-bin/ads.new
/cgi-bin/ads.pl
/cgi-bin/adserver.cgi
/cgi-bin/click.cgi
/cgi-bin/clickthru
/cgi-bin/clink?
/cgi-bin/pageview/pvcount
/cgi-bin/splitinfinity.cgi
/cgi-bin/top.cgi
/cgi-bin/topvlog.cgi
click.linksynergy
click1.wisewire.com
click100.genesis.com
click2.wisewire.com
click2net.com
click2paid.com
clickagents.com/cgibin/
clickbroker.com
clickbrokers.com
clickfinders.com/
clickhouse.com
clickit.go2net.com
/clickover.
clicks.equantum.com
clickslink.com/
clickthrough.ca/
clicktrade.com/
#CLink
clk_thru^
commission-junction.com
commonwealth.riddler.com
cornflakes.pathfinder.com
count4all.com
counters.honesty.com
crosswalk.com/click.ng/transactionID=
ctc.com/
/cyberfirst
dimeclicks.com/
dimeperclick.com/
dirtycash.com
discountclick.com
ds.cybereps.com
exchange-it.com/click.go?
fastclick.net/w/click.here
findcommerce.com/tracking
flycast.com
focalink.com
/follow_ad?
/generate_ad.
GeoAD?
/gifs/actionbanners/
globaltrack.com
globaltrak.net
/graphics/advert
hightrafficads.com
hitbox.com
hitexchange.net/
home.keyciti.com/addd2000/ok.shtml
/htmlad/
humanclick.com/
hyperbanner.net/
hypercount.com/
iadnet.com/
/image.ng
images/mainad
imgis.com
impartner.de/cgi-bin/
infoback.net
infoseek.com/redirect
java.yahoo.com/a/1-/flash
java.yahoo.com/a/1-/java
java.yahoo.com/a/a-/flash
java.yahoo.com/a/a-/java
/jbanner/
justwebads.com/
linkexchange.com
/liveads/
marketing.com
maxcash.cgi?
maximumcash.com/
mediahits.com/click.fcg
mediaserv.247media.com
megacash.de
mirror.qkimg.net
money4exit.de
movielink.com/media/imagelinks/MF.ad
movielink.com/media/imagelinks/MF.sponsor
ms-links.com/cgi-bin/
netads.hotwired.com
netbanner.com/cgi-bin/
/nph-bounce?
/nph-load?
/nph-redir?
nrsite.com
pagecount.com
/pagecount.gif
pathfinder.com/r0/marketing
pathfinder.com/sponsors
pegasoweb.com
pennyweb.com
/place-ads/
postmasterbannernet.com
progcgi/ads
/promos/
/promote/
/promotions/
qksrv.net
/rankem.cgi?action=
rd.yahoo.com/M=2
rd.yahoo.com/M=3
rd.yahoo.com/M=4
rd.yahoo.com/M=5
rd.yahoo.com/M=6
register-it.netscape.com/
/resource/advert/
rightstats.com
rmbclick.com/
/RotateAds/
safe-audit.com
/servfu.pl?
/servlet/AdletCounter
sextracker.com/
showad.asp
/showad.cgi?
smartclicks.com
spezialreporte.de/
spinbox.
/sponsor/
/sponsor.
/sponsors/
/sponsors.
sponsorweb.de/
spylog.com/
submit-it.com/images
telecom-pros.com/images
texchange.com/cgi-bin/
textlinks.com/
/topsites/rankem.cgi
tracker.clicktrade.com
/track/track.dll
tradedoubler.com
ukaffiliates2.com
ukbanners.com/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a
us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a
valueclick.com
valuesponsor.com
/videobanners/
/viewad/
/viewbanner.php3
vk4Voam2y
vwWzJwWLv9m2Cr
websitesponsors.com/
websponsors.com/cgi-bin/
webunion.com/cgi-localbin/click.cgi?
ww3.cybercity.com.tw/adexe/
www.247media.com.tw
www.admax.com/
www.admax.com.tw/
www.ads.
www.anonymizer.com/cm/door.cgi?
www.asiad.net/
www.banner.com.tw/
www.bannerwomen.com
www.clickadhere.com/
www.clickxchange.com/fr.phtml
www.cyberone.com.tw
www.epaper.com.tw/cgi-bin/adm/ad_red
www.halee.com/advert/
www.link4link.com/cgi-bin/
www.marketspace
www.modchip.com/clickcgi/click.cgi?
www.netvigator.com.tw/popad/
www.nj.com/adverts
www.nrsite.com
www.search.com/Banners
www.warehouse.com/netbuyer/ticker/
www.whispa.com/tracking/
www.wishing.com/webaudit/
yahoo.com/adv/
yahoo.com/CategoryID=0
yimg.com/images/compliance/
zi.r.tv.com
zmedia.com
_banner.
/advertpro

[DVD_Ripper]

Thanks... not only do we host massive amounts of images for web pages but also for email content... I wonder if the same holds true for html email content hitting your inbox. Just to be on the safe side I will avoid for emails as well.

Thanks

[thayne]

I say block all norton users 8)

[thecoalman]

Actually I'm going to make a page up that is highly slanderous to Norton when the folder filter is applied but will read fine when it isn't. Or maybe a page that is slanderous to a high political official. How about you? then you could sue Norton as I would have no control over what the end user is seeing.

Any suggestions?

I've actually contemplated contacting a copyright attorney over this. Blocking ads is one thiong but blocking legitimate content of my site and presenting a alterted page is another thing. That's like taking a newspaper and cutting out paragraphs and presenting it as the original document with the ads removed. There is no way for the end user to tell that anything was altered, I found out because I was at another computer with this trash installed. At first I thought someone had altered my pages on my server, the source code is changed to reflect what Norton feels is ads or isn't ads. Just glad I didn't use standard banner sizes because I would have had to go and change all of them too.