S.yimg.com

Question

Why is it that every time I go to a yahoo news item or a program that uses adobe I get this pop-up right in the middle of my screen that s.yimg.com is requesting more space? The header on this pop-up says adobe flash player. I have gone to a web page that the whole page is about removal of this parasite. I do not have it in my system and do not want it. It says in the box allow or deny. I have to push the deny numerous times to get rid of it. The next time I go to a site there it is. This has been going on for several days now. I got to a box one time when I hit the "?' button that had a box that said 'do not ask this question again and thought all right. This did not work. This has attached itself to your program. I have been using adobe for several years and this is the first time I have had any problem or complaint. I even have Ablock on my computer and this crap is getting around that. I have pop-ups blocked. This is a serious virus. Word of advice stay away.

jeromiec83223024 · Answer

It sounds like you've changed your default storage settings for Flash Player. Yahoo (s.yimg.com) -- which I'm pretty sure is shorthand for static.yahooimages.com -- wants to store data on the local computer using Flash Player. Flash Player is throwing this dialog because either Yahoo wants to store a *lot* of data, or more likely, the default settings on your computer have been configured to always ask when a site wants to store information.

In the latter case, you've effectively chosen to have more control over who can store data on the computer, at the expense of convenience.

You can change this setting by going to the Control Panel > Flash Player > Storage, and either setting Always Allow for the global storage preference, or creating a per-site rule for s.yimg.com. (In Chrome, you'll need to right-click on some Flash content, choose Global Settings, and make changes on the equivalent web-based control panel).

Honestly, using your browser's incognito/private browsing mode offers far superior mechanisms for limiting what tracking information is persistently stored on your local computer, and it does it without degrading the user experience. These controls date back to the early 2000's. Flash will clear LSOs when you clear your browser cookies now, and we respect private browsing mode, so they're largely vestigal at this point.

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