I always run a McAfee scan each week, and it sometimes finds 1 or 2 tracking cookies & fixes the issue
This week, I had over 30, so I ran another scan straight after and it found another 21. I keep running scans and they keep coming back
Just how serious are tracking cookies to my security?
And how do I get shot of ones that keep coming back?
Tracking Cookies
Hi Less
i run 2 programes on my pc at the end of each day.
AVG tune up pc 2011. on the there are quite a fiew functions on that programe one scan will find any thing on there,and on the advanced tab the eraise history function is great,
also i run avg 9.0 a different programe concentrates on root kits and anti virus ,like i say i run them every evening before i log off and if there is any thing there it will find it,
Marc ,
i run 2 programes on my pc at the end of each day.
AVG tune up pc 2011. on the there are quite a fiew functions on that programe one scan will find any thing on there,and on the advanced tab the eraise history function is great,
also i run avg 9.0 a different programe concentrates on root kits and anti virus ,like i say i run them every evening before i log off and if there is any thing there it will find it,
Marc ,
as i understand it, tracking cookies are harmless in themselves. they let a site know how often you and what pages you visit extra; allowing them to direct more specific content to you, collate useage stats, stuff like that. they are not virus's, but some scumbugs can as i understand things use them to aid their dodgy/illegal actions. but vast majority are harmless i believe.
some browsers allow you to block cookies, worth checking your bowsers settings to see if you can exclude the cookies from sites your not happy with.
some browsers allow you to block cookies, worth checking your bowsers settings to see if you can exclude the cookies from sites your not happy with.
Cookies are totally harmless. I wouldn't spend any more of your time or money worrying about them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/guides/about-cookies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/guides/about-cookies
[quote="TheTub"]Cookies are totally harmless. I wouldn't spend any more of your time or money worrying about them.
Tell that to my girlfriend, she has bought another new larger cookie jar (the old one couldnt accommodate anything larger than a hobnob). As the jars get bigger she is getting proportionally wider.
Tell that to my girlfriend, she has bought another new larger cookie jar (the old one couldnt accommodate anything larger than a hobnob). As the jars get bigger she is getting proportionally wider.