General Computer Tips & Questions

What Are Cookies, and Are They Really Dangerous?

Tue, 04/13/2010 - 5:41pm — GeekDrop

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...

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Mon, 07/27/2009 - 9:47pm — Smartmom

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