Google-chrome – How to figure out where this tracking stuff is coming from

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I noticed an SE page was communicating with a load of tracking sites, as in, a load. I did some experiments. I am using Chrome, latest, on Windows 7. I have been using Ghostery and adblock since installation. I have Microsoft Security Essentials (showed up nothing on a full scan, I also did a full scan with AVG), and Windows Firewall enabled. I have cleared my cache. Here is what the network inspector looks like, in an incognito window, logged in:

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Here is what the same page looks like in a non-incognito window (but with my cache/cookies etc cleared):

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Note that sockets.ny.stackexchange.com is the last connection in the previous image.

How can I work out where this stuff is coming from and remove it?

Best Answer

Some of the entries in your list refer a chrome extension (which are typically not loaded in incognito mode) - the string khbjahpecnkenngkidhioicnfpakihgo under the iframe_raw.js is the Super Full Feeds for Google Reader extension. Based on it's description:

Super Full Feeds for Google Reader™ enables full content feeds for Google Reader™. Provides readable content or iframing of feed entries. Settings are per feed or folder and are transparently built into Google Reader™.

...

  • Pre-fetch readable content for unread entries (optional).

It looks like it might be preloading stuff for you, which might be pulling in those advertisement/tracking sites.

Try disabling that extension in Chrome and see if your log looks any different in regular mode.

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