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Author Topic: viruses and cookies??  (Read 2982 times)

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robin2006

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    viruses and cookies??
    « on: September 23, 2006, 09:08:40 AM »
    Hello

    I have Adware and Symantec Anti-viruse, Spybot Search & Destroy on my laptop (i have Firezone firewall); each day when i run the Adware program there are always "critical cookies" found. Is there any other program that I should run on my laptop to prevent this problem as far as possible. Any feedback is helpful. Thank you.

    Raptor

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    Re: viruses and cookies??
    « Reply #1 on: September 23, 2006, 11:35:47 AM »
    Yes, manually accept and deny cookies using your browser.

    For IE -> Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Advanced ->

    Tag "Automatic cookie processing disabled"

    Direct cookies -> Ask
    Indirect Cookies -> Deny

    Or if you use Firefox:

    Tools -> Options -> Privacy - Cookies:

    Tag "allow sites to set cookies"
    Tag "For the originating site only"

    Select "Ask me everytime"

    Now you're going to have to learn which websites will work without cookies and which don't. You will also have to learn what cookies you can safely accept and which you can't. Experience 'll tell. Or buy software that automatically removes cookies, but this the safest bet because they will never have penetrated your defenses...
    « Last Edit: September 23, 2006, 11:36:42 AM by Raptor »