2006-10-25 10:51:14 · 5 answers · asked by James T 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
In and of themsleves, no, they are not malicious code. Tracking cookies can end up making you the target of untold numbers of unwanted spam messages though. They can track what you do on the web site and smart folks use tha data to figure out what sort of products and services you may be interested in.
Use Lavasofts Adaware to get rid of them, and /or Spybot - both are free to home users.
2006-10-25 11:06:45 · answer #1 · answered by APRock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not really
If you really would like to learn about cookies check this site out its explains it in plain english. http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cookie.htm
I never did this but a friend was in a gaming room that used Internet Explorer(MSN GAMING ZONE). He used an exploit to get the cookies to download on his PC then he could go into there account by cloning the cookie. But this was a bug in Internet Explorer that has been patched now. But you see how it can be somewhat dangerous. Mabe not to your PC but to an account.
2006-10-25 10:56:24 · answer #2 · answered by jack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cookies does not harm your system however they are security risk, Web developer using cookie are able to find info such as, your OS, patch version, private IP address, and/or email address (any info that are available to your browser). You shuld only allow cookie from trusted sites.
2006-10-25 12:33:50 · answer #3 · answered by Kurt Wagner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not the cookies, so much as it is what websites do with them. There is not a security risk though.
2006-10-25 10:56:26 · answer #4 · answered by romulusnr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, cookies are simple pieces of data unable to perform any operation by themselves.
2006-10-25 10:55:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋