Replying: What Are Cookies, and Are They Really Dangerous?

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Our friend Mike, at SuperAntiSpyware helped describe cookies the best. Here's what he said:

Are cookies really spyware and are they dangerous?
This subject has been the debate of many newsgroups and online forums. Cookies are simply text files stored on your hard drive and cannot themselves harm your computer in any way. Typically cookies are used to remember logins and keep track of user settings on web-sites.

Think of them like leaving footprints on a beach...

Cookies can be used to track your movement on the Internet ONLY if a site is aware of the cookies and is designed to use the specific cookies. Because of their use in tracking, many feel that this constitutes spyware.

We do not consider cookies to be threats of anywhere near the same level of severity as actual Malware threats that can steal real personal information, serve ads, or render a computer unusable.

SuperAntiSpyware will detect tracking cookies as "Adware.Tracking Cookies" and you can choose to remove them or leave them on your system. You may turn off this feature in the Preferences -> Scanning Control tab of SuperAntiSpyware should you not wish cookies to be scanned, detected and removed.

Hope this helps! - Mike, SUPERAntiSpyware

Also, be sure to read our post on how to visually detect Malware scams: Clicky

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Our friend Mike, at Superantispyware helped describe cookies the best. Here's what he said:<br />
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<b><font size="2">Are cookies really spyware and are they dangerous?<br />
</font></b><font size="2" face="Verdana">This subject has been the debate of many  newsgroups and online forums. Cookies are simply text files stored on  your hard drive and cannot themselves harm your computer in any way.  Typically cookies are used to remember logins and keep track of user  settings on web-sites.<br />
<br />
Think of them like leaving footprints on a beach...<br />
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Cookies can  be used to track your movement on the Internet ONLY if a site is aware  of the cookies and is designed to use the specific cookies. Because of  their use in tracking, many feel that this constitutes spyware. <br />
<br />
We do not consider cookies to be threats of anywhere near  the same level of severity as actual malware threats that can steal real  personal information, serve ads, or render a computer unusable. <br />
<br />
SUPERAntiSpyware will detect tracking cookies as  "Adware.Tracking Cookies" and you can choose to remove them or leave  them on your system. You may turn off this feature in the Preferences  -&gt; Scanning Control tab of SUPERAntiSpyware should you not wish  cookies to be scanned, detected and removed.<br />
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Hope this helps! - Mike, SUPERAntiSpyware</font><br />
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Also, be sure to read our post on how to visually detect malware scams: <a href="/content/how-to-visually-spot-and-detect-spyware-malware-virus-and-trojan-scams"><strong>Clicky</strong>  </a>
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