Cookies

[peter flint]

Hi All,

Can someone explain the need for cookies and their
presence. I have just run Adaware and various cookies have
appeared as being suspect.

How can we delete these files?

Peter Flint.

 

[John Ski]

Subject: Cookies

From: "peter flint" (e-mail address removed)
Date: 3/24/2004 11:15 AM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id: <[email protected]>

Hi All,

Can someone explain the need for cookies and their
presence. I have just run Adaware and various cookies have
appeared as being suspect.

How can we delete these files?

Peter Flint.

Internet Explorer>Tools>Internet Options>Delete Cookies or use any of several
"Washing" programs to selectively delete only the ones you don't want. I use
"Window Washer".

HTH,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***

 

[Dave]

cookies are small text files that web sites give to your browser to help it
remember your settings or other information the next time you request
something from that web site. they are harmless, but some people get upset
when they are used to keep track of what pages you have visited so you can
get targetted advertisements or automatically tailored sites... because of
this most of those tools regard them as spyware or adware. note that if you
delete them or prevent them from being saved you may lose access to some web
sites and any customizations made on other sites may be lost. ie has a
delete cookies button under the internet setup options, and the privacy tab
lets you prevent them from being accepted.

p.s. you should also be aware that you will probably be receiving lots of
virus laden mail now that you have used your real email address in a news
group. make sure your virus protection is up to date and don't open any
mail you aren't expecting.

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----

Internet Explorer>Tools>Internet Options>Delete Cookies or use any of several
"Washing" programs to selectively delete only the ones you don't want. I use
"Window Washer".

HTH,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke**

The Internet Explorer>Tools>Internet Options>Delete
cookies does NOT work for me. Can I download any software
for free that would do the job, also, is there any other
software that you would reccomend for detection and
removal of hijackers etc...I currently use adaware, is
this software sufficient for my needs.

Kind Regards

Peter Flint.

 

[Guest]

You don't really need cookies unless you want certain
websites to remember the information you may have
inputted onto their site. For example: I go to
www.pictures.com every day and work their puzzles. To
submit a puzzle I fill out a form and press "submit".
Under the form is a check box for "remembering the
information." In order for them to remember the info. so
I don't have to fill out a form each day, they will put
a "cookie" on my PC. I don't let them do that as I don't
like cookies... I would rather fill out the form. I hope
this helps a little in explaining "cookies." Cookies
also can clutter up your PC. You can delete cookies
easily by right-clicking on your Internet Explorer Icon
on the desktop, click "properties", click the "delete"
cookies button and click "ok." You can also click
the "delete history" button and "delete files" button. I
have set my PC to do this automatically. Understand that
you are only deleting temporary web files, web history
and web cookies that clutter your pc and help to slow it
down if enough web sites have been visited without you
ever having done this. DON'T CLICK THE "SETTINGS" BUTTON!

 

[Guest]

use mozilla.org 'firefox' as it has a popup blocker and
a easy cookie blocker that actually tells you if the cookie
is bad or good and you can easily block it. also you get
get a ad blocker too. and some cookies control popups being
served to you to keep track of what ads have allready been
poppedup.

 

[John Ski]

Subject: Re: Cookies

From: (e-mail address removed)
Date: 3/24/2004 11:39 AM Eastern Standard Time



The Internet Explorer>Tools>Internet Options>Delete
cookies does NOT work for me. Can I download any software
for free that would do the job, also, is there any other
software that you would reccomend for detection and
removal of hijackers etc...I currently use adaware, is
this software sufficient for my needs.

Kind Regards

Peter Flint.

Adaware should be adequate for your needs. It is most important that you check
regularly for updates, once a week or so. It has the ability to remove those
suspect cookies. Just right-click on any one of them in the log and click
"select all" . When you click next they will all go away. BTW, I'm puzzled at
your comment that "remove cookies" doesn't work. What exactly do you mean. I've
never heard of it "not working".

Cheers,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In

Cookies are an inherent byproduct of XP

Not really. Cookies have been around a lot longer than XP has.

They really are website
(URLs) addresses that XP memorizes and uses to get you to that
website fast.

They are more than that. Cookies store information about you as
the user of the web site, for example to customize the web site
to your preferences.

You can and should delete them each time you log off
the Internet.

I don't agree at all. It depends on the cookie, what site it's
for, and what it does. Some can be dangerous, or perhaps even
malicious. But others make your use of the particular site faster
and easier.

 

[MAP]

-----Original Message-----
Hi All,

Can someone explain the need for cookies and their
presence. I have just run Adaware and various cookies have
appeared as being suspect.

How can we delete these files?

Peter Flint.
.

Everything you ever wanted to know about cookies but

were afraid to ask.

http://cookiecentral.com/faq/

 

[Tim Slattery]

Cookies are an inherent byproduct of XP.

In no way! They are a "byproduct" of web browsing. ALL web browsers
(that I know of) implement cookies, they are not unique to XP or to
any Microsoft product.

They really are website (URLs)
addresses that XP memorizes and uses to get you to that website fast.

They are not URLs. They are tiny bits of data (a database key, maybe)
that a website leaves on your computer.

You can and should delete them each time you log off the Internet.

Only if you want all sites you visit to forget about you. And you
don't want that. You may have suspended a session at some site and
want to renew it later. That site remembers you because it has set a
cookie. You may have visited a site that wanted a bit of information
about you (age, sex, zip code) and doesn't ask you for it again. It
knows you've already answered because it set a cookie.