Should I delete, the tracking cookies which is identified by the anti-virus?

Question

pl. someone reply, however i have moved the same to the virus vault.i would like to do as per anybody giving suggestion as to how to take action. delete/restore/ leave it in the vault.?

Answer 1

You can safely delete cookies, you should always delete tracking cookies like doubleclick.

Firefox has the most powerful but easiest to use cookie control, just create a whitelist of trusted sites, only the trusted sites can set cookies.

http://www.mozilla.com

Answer 2

Here's the thing. You can but, if you're returning to the same websites you'll incur them again.  In other words, cookies are inevitable no matter where you go on the www.

The only thing you need to be concerned about is malware and viruses. Cookies don't do squat. Too, some need to be enabled to get the page to work

Answer 3

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.

These tracking cookies are "3rd party cookies" from advertising servers. They can track your movements around the web in order to deliver to you customized, targeted advertising, based on your web-surfing habits.

It all depends upon ones personal level of paranoia, whether one considers tracking cookies some kind of threat. Some anti-spyware programs do not even report tracking cookies as even a minor threat.

If these tracking cookies DO bother you AND you are using Internet Explorer for a browser, a simple change of a setting can let you permanently block all 3rd party (tracking) cookies. (Much easier then constantly removing them!)  Go to tools > internet options > privacy > advanced > check-mark "override automatic cookie handling" > third party cookies > tick "block" > ok > ok.

Kids are about the only people that are always nervous about cookies. Because cookies are an easy way for Mommy and Daddy to find out exactly what their darling 'lil b@$^@#ds 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 not a big deal, one way or the other.