cookie stuffing?

[lawsofpower48]

Hi, I own a forum and Im pretty sure someone is stuffing it because it has "x" images. I found their cookie in my browser with their affiliate ids as well... but my site has an affiliate link OF MINE which people click to purchase things.....

I ran a little test with two different affiliates and the two posts which the thief signed up for. i posted my affiliate link at the top while the thiefs was at the bottom..... so i let the page refresh....made sure all my cookies were cleared, then as the post loaded up, his cookie had been stuffed....NOW, i click my affiliate link, and it overwrote his cookie....... thats scenerio 1...

next is pretty much the same, but this cookie was more stubborn... even though you click my aff link, his cookie is still stuck in the browser? are there different types of cookies??

thanks in advance

 

[discoverwebwork]

COOKIES? I LOVE COOKIES!

 

[bprimeelite]

ahhh the shawn hogan affiliate method.

 

[xentech]

Well WTF did you do to trigger scenario 2? Also, why don't you just ban him?

 

[discoverwebwork]

Well WTF did you do to trigger scenario 2? Also, why don't you just ban him?

Yeah, why didn't you just ban the IP???

 

[HarveyJ]

What forum script?
IPB and phpBB both have 3rd party anti-cookie stuffing plugins in so far as I know, that prevent images below a certain size from loading. I think it's anything smaller than 2x2.

Other than that, delete all posts by user and ban by ip range.

And when you stuff your forum with your own cookie, make sure it's a banner or something so that at least you can pretend to the network that you're playing legitimately.