Originally Posted by Flyingmama
"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.
Set your browser to not accept cookies from Avenue A, then. If you do, though, you'll probably get a lot more popups, as that's what they use to limit your popups to one.