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2006-11-17 20:49:08 · 3 answers · asked by vahid_khuraiya 1 in Computers & Internet Security

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There are no cookie servers out there. A cookie is simply a small file that is created on your PC as soon as you visit a web site that uses it e.g. Yahoo.com which stores some information about you (personal information) or about your PC or about your behaviors and preferences, so when you visit that web site back, it automatically runs your preferences you left it on the last time you have visited that web site. If you delete that cookie, then your preferences on that site would be reset and it will create a new file on your PC for next time.

2006-11-17 20:53:30 · answer #1 · answered by midoonline 3 · 0 0

Cookies are actually harmless text files that certain web sites will place onto the hard drive of your computer. Your Internet Browser will then load the information into memory while you are visiting their site. The Cookie itself, actually takes up very little space and acts as an identification card for the visiting site. You can compare this to visiting your favorite restaurant where your food server will usually remember certain aspects of how you like your food prepared and what you usually order. This information would obviously be based upon his familiarity of your prior visits. Well Cookies actually act in a similar manner and do not contain viruses as a virus must be executable file. Let us look at some of the ways that Cookies act as an identification card.

For Internet Explorer

Click on the word Tools, which is contained in your top tool bar area.

This will pull down a menu for you to now click on Internet Options.

Then click on the Privacy tab located at the top of the options windows.

Then click on the Advanced tab to bring up the Advanced Privacy Settings windows.

This is the area where you can define how Cookies are handled on your system etc

2006-11-17 20:53:04 · answer #2 · answered by G 7 · 0 0

I've never heard of a cookie server before. Cookies are small bits of information that are cached from your Internet cache and stored in a directory.

2006-11-17 20:58:19 · answer #3 · answered by Jay S 5 · 0 0

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