Originally Posted by dan at WebFlyer
The "Avenue A" warning from Spybot is a false alarm, due to its overly-restrictive settings. Avenue A is a company/ad service serving ads on our site.
"Avenue A" technically may not be spyware, but it's not totally benign either. It is still a tracking cookie, and I'd just as soon not have a cookie on my computer that reports back to advertisers what other sites I visit.