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More help needed plz - Tracking Cookies

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edited April 2007 in Spyware & Virus Removal
Just recently OldGuy2 did a fabulous job of clearing out a whole pile of viruses, spyware, etc.

I am still getting Tracking Cookies appearing when I run an AVG system scan. Is there anyway of keeping these out? How do they get in? I notice they slow down IE.

Here's my latest scan:
AVG Anti-Spyware - Scan Report
+ Created at: 1:45:30 PM 7/04/2007
+ Scan result:

C:\Documents and Settings\Simone Loong\Cookies\simone_loong@adbrite[1].txt -> TrackingCookie.Adbrite : Cleaned.
C:\Documents and Settings\Simone Loong\Cookies\simone_loong@www.burstbeacon[1].txt -> TrackingCookie.Burstbeacon : Cleaned.
C:\Documents and Settings\Simone Loong\Cookies\simone_loong@burstnet[2].txt -> TrackingCookie.Burstnet : Cleaned.
C:\Documents and Settings\Simone Loong\Cookies\simone_loong@www.burstnet[1].txt -> TrackingCookie.Burstnet : Cleaned.
C:\Documents and Settings\Simone Loong\Cookies\simone_loong@connextra[3].txt -> TrackingCookie.Connextra : Cleaned.
C:\Documents and Settings\Simone Loong\Cookies\simone_loong@adopt.euroclick[2].txt -> TrackingCookie.Euroclick : Cleaned.
C:\Documents and Settings\Simone Loong\Cookies\simone_loong@realmedia[1].txt -> TrackingCookie.Realmedia : Cleaned.
C:\Documents and Settings\Simone Loong\Cookies\simone_loong@statcounter[1].txt -> TrackingCookie.Statcounter : Cleaned.
C:\Documents and Settings\Simone Loong\Cookies\simone_loong@tacoda[2].txt -> TrackingCookie.Tacoda : Cleaned.
C:\Documents and Settings\Simone Loong\Cookies\simone_loong@m.webtrends[1].txt -> TrackingCookie.Webtrends : Cleaned.
C:\Documents and Settings\Simone Loong\Cookies\simone_loong@ad.yieldmanager[2].txt -> TrackingCookie.Yieldmanager : Cleaned.

::Report end

Comments

  • VekaVeka Finland
    edited April 2007
    Hi narcheska. According to CA tracking cookie is any cookie that is shared among two or more web pages for the purpose of tracking a user's surfing history. (source) But cookies are not bad in itself. You can use ATF Cleaner by Atribune to clean cookies and if you want to prevent them, I recommend to get Firefox and CookieSafe extension. Please note that some sites need cookies to [SIZE=-1]work [/SIZE]properly. CookieSafe allow you choose to enable cookies in certain sites. I hope this help. :)
  • narcheska
    edited April 2007
    What a great suggestion. Thank you!

    I've installed cookiesafe and no more medium risk cookies seem to be appearing when I run a scan.

    Thanks for your help :)
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