Any ideas what this could be

reeree

does anyone know what this is, l keep getting a square box appearing especially when lm on ebay and it says

the server ad-emea.doubleclick.net at DSL Router requires a username and password.
Warning: This server is requesting that your username and password be sent in an insecure manner (basic authentication without a secure connection).

when l try to get rid of it the webpage turns black, any ideas?

reeree

takeiteasy77 wrote: »

Sounds like your trying to visit something or not meant to see :? Like the admin side of a site

yes it would appear that way but that.s not what lm doing, it just appears when lm on ebay or sometimes other sites now and again but mainly ebay

reeree

i forgot to say it also asks me for a password and username

Butterscotch-

I get that on Facebook now and again. Hopefully someone knows what it's all about!

JimmyTheWig

Have you tried clearing your cookies?

MsBlonde

Dont worry about it,

doubleclick is a tracking site which is used by companies to advertise services and they get paid per click or per sale.

Seems ebay/facebook etc use it, anyway ... like takeiteasy77 said, it's trying to show you something that is hosted in a protected area on their webserver. This will be an advertising image, if you click cancel and look for any adverts on the page, i can assure you they will be a red x because you don't have the username/password to see .jpg or .gif file.

Hope that helps

Sooler

See this thread
http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/sky-broadband-help/18782-problems-sky-broadband-connection-authentication.html

Is your router not connected when you get the message appear?

reeree

Sooler wrote: »

See this thread
http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/sky-broadband-help/18782-problems-sky-broadband-connection-authentication.html

Is your router not connected when you get the message appear?

thanks that was really helpful Im with sky aswell so it makes sense