Ok, I downloaded Spybot and ran the scan. It picked up a few items like adware and spyware. I removed them with it and ran a scan in Nortan antivirus and it said I had nothing. I redid the scan with Spybot and it still said I had the same items that he just "removed" What is up with this.
Spybot S%26D picking up spyware that norton doesnt.?auto protect
Is it cookies that Spybot is picking up that keep reappearing?
Cookies are just small .txt (text) files that by themselves cannot hurt your computer. Cookies are "set" by almost every web-site that you visit, on every visit. You can delete all your cookies today and by tomorrow you will have dozens again just be visiting web-sites.
Cookies do not slow down a computer, at least the first million or so that you might have on your computer!
They are not a virus or spyware, BUT some people consider "tracking" cookies to be an invasion of privacy.
Tracking cookies are usually "3rd party cookies" from advertising servers. They can track your movements around the web in order to deliver to you customized, targeted advertising.
It all depends on ones personal level of paranoia whether you consider tracking cookies some kind of threat.
If you are using Internet Explorer for a browser, you can permanently block all 3rd party (tracking) cookies. Go to tools %26gt; internet options %26gt; privacy %26gt; advanced %26gt; check-mark "override automatic cookie handling" %26gt; third party cookies %26gt; tick "block" %26gt; ok %26gt; ok.
Children are the people that are always the most nervous about cookies. Because cookies are an easy way for Mommy and Daddy to find out exactly what their darling 'lil kids have been looking at on the web.
Personally, If I happen to remember it, I will delete my cookies every 6 months or so :-)
Cookies are much ado about nothin'.
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