Tracking-Cookies
Cookie is a small text file, which will be created by a web server and saved on client during visiting a web site.
For example a cookie will be created if you log in, in some board. It is needed, to identify you as user on this board. That’s why, a cookie is very useful.
But the tracking-cookies are not only not useful, but potentially unsafe too. Those cookies will be oft used to collect private information about user behaviour in the internet.
There are many methods to protect yourself from this kind of spyware. You can disable the accepting of cookies in the browser. But if you do it, you will be not able to log in into several web sites.
The other thing that you can do is to install some anti spyware tools that will protect your computer from stealing of the data. The most of anty spyware tools can detect bad cookies and delete it. Some of them are able to do this on the fly.
Some of the best tools are Lavasoft Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy. These programs work very well and are free.
Vlad:
I use ZoneAlarm. ZoneAlarm has a feature to detect and block “bad” cookies automatically.
25. May 2007, 03:19Adam:
I don’t understand, how could they get my personal information. Cookie is only a text file and nothing else.
25. May 2007, 03:20Kevin:
I use Ad-Aware, because it is free. But I think that the best defending is to avoid those sites, where you can infect your computer.
25. May 2007, 03:24Mike:
It is not simply to avoid browsing sites with spyware, because some sites owner don’t know that their sites are infected.
25. May 2007, 03:28Metthew:
I don’t think that some free software could really protect you from badware. If you want to secure your computer you must buy some commercial product, such as Kaspersky or Norton.
25. May 2007, 03:30James:
If you want to secure your computer you don’t need to buy any software, just install Linux or FreeBSD
25. May 2007, 03:32George:
The protection of Linux or FreeBSD is not better than windows. They are not very interesting for hackers, because the most people use Windows and not Linux.
25. May 2007, 03:34Dave:
I don’t think that it is a good idea to change from windows to linux only because you think that linux is more secure. If you don’t understand how linux works, you system will be never secure.
25. May 2007, 03:38David:
I’m trying to download Ad-aware from lavasoft.com, but they want that I buy it. Is it free or not?
25. May 2007, 03:42Calvin:
Hi David,
25. May 2007, 03:44I think, you tries to downalod a professional version. Try to download personal version. Only personal version is free.