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From: Gabriel Knight on 23 Jun 2010 11:31
Hi all

I keep getting tracking cookies detected by my antivirus and malware
software, how can I stop my pc from downloading these stupid things?

Thanks
GK


From: Stan McChrystal on 23 Jun 2010 12:10
By asking in the appropriate browser newsgroup?

"Gabriel Knight" <fake(a)nothing.com> wrote in message
news:8NpUn.4384$Ls1.3074(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au...
: Hi all
:
: I keep getting tracking cookies detected by my antivirus and malware
: software, how can I stop my pc from downloading these stupid things?
:
: Thanks
: GK
:
:


From: dadiOH on 23 Jun 2010 12:35
Gabriel Knight wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I keep getting tracking cookies detected by my antivirus and malware
> software, how can I stop my pc from downloading these stupid things?
>
> Thanks
> GK

Use...
Control panel
Internet options
Privacy tab
Advanced
to over ride automatic cookie handling and block all cookies.

If you just gotta have cookies for some sites, you could allow session
cookies and/or put those sites in "Trusted Sites" on the security tab and
set cookie permissions for trusted sites to be less restrictive.


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From: 123Jim on 23 Jun 2010 13:46

"Gabriel Knight" <fake(a)nothing.com> wrote in message
news:8NpUn.4384$Ls1.3074(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Hi all
>
> I keep getting tracking cookies detected by my antivirus and malware
> software, how can I stop my pc from downloading these stupid things?
>

Use Firefox with the Cookiesafe add-on..
All cookies are blocked unless you want to allow them for a particular
website.
When you allow them, that setting is remembered for next time you visit that
website.


From: Daave on 24 Jun 2010 12:36
Gabriel Knight wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I keep getting tracking cookies detected by my antivirus and malware
> software, how can I stop my pc from downloading these stupid things?

This is how I do it:

1. Use a HOSTS file:

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

2. Use SpywareBlaster:

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

The above two things will prevent most of these from loading in the
first place.


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