afrokenshin Posted September 29, 2005 CID Share Posted September 29, 2005 when Ever I run a spybot scan It finds atleast 8 adwares from Firefox cookies, what is going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags4560 Posted September 29, 2005 CID Share Posted September 29, 2005 hello. those are just tracking cookies, which just need to be deleted. FYI, a tracking cookie is basically any cookie shared between two or more websites for the purpose of tracking someones surfing history. hope that helps ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted September 29, 2005 CID Share Posted September 29, 2005 In my opinion, if its not a file (e.g.: .exe) or some key in the registry its not a big deal, but I delete them anyways.. There's nothing to lose by deleting them except the ppl that track them down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted September 29, 2005 CID Share Posted September 29, 2005 when Ever I run a spybot scan It finds atleast 8 adwares from Firefox cookies, what is going on. Those are advertising tracking cookies. When you go to a website some advertiser put a cookie on your computer to track your browsing habits. The cookies being classified ad adware has nothing to do with the privacy or Firefox itself, except for the fact that you're accepting those cookies. FF is not spying on you. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Webopedia.com cookie Last modified: Monday, November 03, 2003 A message given to a Web browser by a Web server. The browser stores the message in a text file. The message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Also see session cookie and persistent cookie. The main purpose of cookies is to identify users and possibly prepare customized Web pages for them. When you enter a Web site using cookies, you may be asked to fill out a form providing such information as your name and interests. This information is packaged into a cookie and sent to your Web browser which stores it for later use. The next time you go to the same Web site, your browser will send the cookie to the Web server. The server can use this information to present you with custom Web pages. So, for example, instead of seeing just a generic welcome page you might see a welcome page with your name on it. The name cookie derives from UNIX objects called magic cookies. These are tokens that are attached to a user or program and change depending on the areas entered by the user or program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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