Techniques to Track the Web Bug

When we talk about web bugs, the first question comes in our mind: “What are web bugs?” Web bugs are small pieces of codes which unofficially enclosed into emails and web pages and are activated when user visit any websites or access their email.

Web bugs also known as Web Beacon which is implemented on website or in email, so when user visits the website or sending mail, it tracks all users’ works. Images in the system’s monitor are shown in numbers of pixels. There are many names of web beacon are: tracking tags, tracking page tags, Pixel GIFs, 1x1 gif, etc. Web analytics are commonly used email tracking and page tagging.

Commonly web bugs discovered in images format (which is in GIF format) on websites. Web beacon images are mostly invisible because it works on collecting information about user’s activity on website. If images are visible then user’s browser looks more jumble and scatter.

When web beacons are present in the users system, it will recognize the cookies and visited pages description. Web beacon goes up to user’s system through visiting website or through an email. Sometime we call it as “Spyware”.

Web Bug Tracking on web pages:

Web Bug Tracking System was designed to make users’ logging easier. Through web beacon, website images are stored in common server and the web pages can access through any place. Mostly companies use this system for calculating the number of visitor to visit on web page.

Web Bug Tracking in email:

For business purpose, companies send email which having web beacon. If receiver opened that mail, then companies get receiver’s IP address, set cookies to the system, and according to web browser send web bug graphic images.

There are number of techniques to stop web beacon tracking on web pages:

·       Web browser’ cookies should be Turn off. It helps to stop web beacon on your system.

·       With the help of add-ons and extensions, we can block the web beacon services.

If user wants to remove these web bugs from their system, they need to delete all cookies but after deleting all cookies, system speed will slow down. But Scopidea provide tools to delete only those cookies through which your information access by unauthorized companies or person and save all other helpful cookies. Also Scopidea tools help to protect from unwanted web beacon on website or on email.