Bad cookies, bad bad cookies......

[DainBramaged]

ALL of these collect information about the pages you view and your activities on the site

enable the site to recognize you, for example by:

remembering your user ID

offering an online shopping cart

keeping track of your preferences if you visit the website again

The cookie transmits this information back to the website's computer (or server) which generally is the only computer that can read it. You can set your Web browser to warn you about attempts to place cookies on your computer, or to limit the type of cookies you allow


*.247realmedia.com
*.2o7.+
*.abmr.net
*.ad-mngt.de
*.ad4game.com
*.adblade.com
*.adbrite.com
*.adbureau.net
*.addthis.com
*.adition.com
*.adlegend.com
*.admeld.com
*.adnxs.com
*.adocean.pl
*.adrevolver.com
*.adroll.com
*.adscale.de
*.adshuffle.com
*.adsonar.com
*.adtech.de
*.adtechus.com
*.adtrgt.com
*.adverticum.net
*.advertising.com
*.adviva.net
*.afy11.net
*.alexa.com
*.analytics.blogspot.com
*.answers.com
*.apmebf.com
*.ask.com
*.atdmt.com
*.atwola.com
*.bing.com
*.blog.hu
*.brandaffinity.net
*.brithcove.com
*.burstnet.com
*.casalemedia.com
*.clickhype.com
*.clicksor.com
*.com.com
*.contextweb.com
*.coremetrics.com
*.doubleclick.net
*.download.com
*.ecape.com
*.fastclick.net
*.gemius.pl
*.hitbox.com
*.hitslink.com
*.imiclk.com
*.index.hu
*.insightexpressai.com
*.intellitxt.com
*.interclick.com
*.liveperson.net
*.mailinator.com
*.medialooks.com
*.mediaplex.com
*.medifast1.com
*.msn.+
*.overture.com
*.pointroll.com
*.quantcast.com
*.quantserve.com
*.questionmarket.com
*.realmedia.com
*.revsci.net
*.scorecardresearch.com
*.serving-sys.com
*.specificclick.net
*.specificclick.net
*.statcounter.com
*.suitesmart.com
*.tacoda.net
*.trackalyzer.com
*.tribalfusion.com
*.voicefive.com
*.webtrends.com
*.webtrendslive.com
*.wsod.com
*.yieldmanager.com

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. There are programs to erase "storage" cookies too.

Better Privacy is a free app from Mozilla that shows the long lasting cookies on the browser.
I am amazed at how many of them remain after an online session.

[Dash87]

2. Malware can also steal these. They're great places to get account info from.

[davepdx]

3. Consider using a HOSTS file as another layer of protection

Keep the buggers off you computer in the first place. The explanation at the top of this link describes what a HOSTS file does and there are specific OS installation details linked a bit lower on the page.

http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

Note that the file HOSTS is a text file but it has no .txt extension. Don't add one as it won't work.

[grok]

4. I hate cookies to pieces.

It's almost always part of the issues when a friend brings me a laptop complaining of slowness.

Something i erase along with as many add-ons and toolbars as possible before my friend starts crying he needs them.