Several weeks ago we noticed that we are now unable to link to CashBack vendors. None of them will link. We get a new window, but get Explorer "cannot find page" error. The pop-up is showing for the FW "On your way, leave a note, etc." I have pop-ups allowed for FW. We do not have Spybot on the PC. I had Windows Live One Care, but just completely uninstalled it, as a test. Still not working. We run XP, wi SP2. In IE7 Internet Options, I changed "Navigate Sub-Frames Across Different Domains" to "Prompt." Still not working. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED! I am completely unable to utilize CashBack during the current shopping season! OUCH!

I figured it out, ultimately. It was my Host file. You have to unblock several forwarding sites that FW is using to track Cash Back, as inidicated in this post originally. I had downloaded a host file from a anti-spyware site. Thanks for the input.

I have a question about the SpyBot instructions. In Quick Summary, it says (>>emphasis added<<:
SpyBot - Search & Destroy
When using this tool, you need to go into the settings and select the "Exclusions button." Here you will find a tab labeled "Cookies." Scroll down the list and >>uncheck<< each of these entries which you will find:
BFast
Commission Junction
LinkSynergy
Qksrv
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In a 7/21/04 post, DL says:
If you're using SpyBot-S&D,make sure you're using version 1.3 and that in the settings, you go to the "ignore products" section and >>check off<< each of the following.

bFast
Commission-Junction
LinkSynergy
Qksrv
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When I went into SpyBot ignore list, NOTHING was checked (all checkboxes were empty). I went down the list and put a checkmark in the box next to each of these four entries.

Have I done this correctly? My SB tabs etc. didn't exactly match what was described in QS (probably not the latest version, I'll fix that).

Overall the QS seems to have worked for me, although I had to turn off the SDHelper residentIE option completely. Telling it to "Block all bad pages silently" just started it telling me that FW shopping links were known-bad URLs!

UPDATE: And now it's telling me that my Earthlink Web mail page is a bad URL, every time that I refresh the screen. . . time to update SB, see if I can tame it, or else dump it completely.

Thanks for all the help and obvious time spent troubleshooting.

I can't seem to get QVC to load through the CashBack link, though other vendors are working fine, any ideas?

I'm having problems with Restaruant.com and LEGO.com. I am running XP home with Kaspersky Internet Security. I've added commission-junction to the "safe sites," yet all I get is a blank page when trying to open restaurant.com. For LEGO.com, not all of the objects on the page show, even though I have added both of these to every "safe" list I have.

I've gone over the "checklist" in this thread, so I'm at a loss as to what else to try.

Any suggestions?

(Thanks!)

I have $16.20 FatCash available for payment. (This does not include pending amounts).

When I go to request payment via PayPal, the amount available drops to $11.20, and I get the following message:

You have qualified for a bonus payment. Bonus payments are only available with a check payment.
Your cash available has been reduced for this payment type.
Does this mean there is a $5 fee for payment via PayPal?! Or does it mean I get a $11.20 boonus in addition to the $16.20 payment, as long as I receive payment via check instead of PayPal?

I dont know if others are finding this, as well, but I've done a number of purchases from Endless.com and out of like 5 purchases (seperate tranasctions and dates), only the very first 1 gave me Cash Back. All the purchases show up in the click history but none of the others have any $$$ reported. It's a little under 3 weeks from when they were ordered and two weeks since they arrived, but the first CashBack reported quickly, while these have not. yes, yes I'll file with FW when its 3 weeks from shipping, which is a royal Pain in the rump, since there are a bunch of transactions, but i'm thinkin that endless is pulling this on other fw customers and that they're not really payin out like thier supposed to!

I should really discuss this with frugalfreak, as he's also a believer in consipacys on fw...