What do u do to block tracking cookies?

Question

I have blocked third part cookies in my browser and still getting many tracking cookies every day.

the problem is with both browsers firefox and IE.

but i prefer to solve the problem with IE

Answer 1

tracking cookies don't hurt

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.

Cookies can be used to track your movement on the Internet ONLY if a site is aware of the cookies and is designed to use the specific cookies. Because of their use in tracking, many feel that this constitutes spyware.

Answer 2

The easiest way to handle cookies is to install CCleaner and set it to automatically clean whenever the computer is started. It works with Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera. You can also place cookies you want to keep in the "save list".

CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/
Do not install toolbar option
In options.
Select secure file deletion and number of overwrite passes if needed
Set to run (clean) when the computer starts.
Place cookies you want to keep in save list

Cookies are not much of a threat.

Per
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie
Cookies have been of concern for Internet privacy, since they can be used for tracking browsing behavior.

Cookies are also subject to a number of misconceptions, mostly based on the erroneous notion that they are computer programs. In fact, cookies are simple pieces of data unable to perform any operation by themselves. In particular, they are neither spyware nor viruses, despite the detection of cookies from certain sites by many anti-spyware products.

Most modern browsers allow users to decide whether to accept cookies, but rejection makes some websites unusable. For example, shopping baskets implemented using cookies do not work if cookies are rejected.
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Each time you find a tracking cookie you can add them to your block list. This will prevent the cookie from being downloaded again.

Firefox
Tools > Options > Privacy tab > Cookies "Exceptions" button > place tracking address cookie in block list.

IE7
Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > sites button > place tracking address cookie in block list.

Also set Privacy at "medium-high" and security for each zone at the default level.

Answer 3

I wholeheartedly agree. Not only are the virus attempts annoying with the constant pop-ups and bull that they say, but the fact that I too have to have four anti-virus programs installed and in use daily to keep my computer from turning into the electronic equivalent of a room full of people with the flu is comparably annoying if not more-so. But, as much as it sucks, I'm happy to have a speedy laptop that is not thwarted by trojans and cookies and other potential software fatalities. So lets just be thankful that with all the idiotic people and companies out there creating these ridiculous computer problems that there is (for the most part) adequate software to combat them.

Answer 4

SpywareBlaster does 3 cool things, all without using system resources, to protect your computer from viruses and spyware and stop them before they do damage. Think of it as a vaccination for you computer. Use it in addition to your current protection for an extra layer of protection.

1.Adds a big list of tracking cookies to IEs or Firefox Blocked List.

2. Adds a few thousand "bad" websites to IE's Restricted Zone to limit their use of Active X, Java, javacript etc. (BTW, for maximum protection, everything in IEs Restricted Zone should be set to "Disable")

3. Set 'kill-bits" in the registry to prevent a bunch of harmful Active X controls from running on your computer. Free at:
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Free at:
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Answer 5

Use a different browser to block most of the spyware... Opera is possibly the best, as you can also stop images being loaded in webpages (a common way of spyware being installed).

As for stopping cookies all together, its not a good idea as a lot of sites require cookies enabled.

Get a good firewall, a better internet browser, and a spyware/virus scanner.

If you need some free software, then ZoneAlarm for firewall, Opera for browser, Lavasoft for spyware scanner, and AVG for virus scanner, they all offer free software, but it can be tricky to find :)

Answer 6

firefox has cookies too
disable cookies altogether
(I would tell you how but u did not say what browser you are using)

Answer 7

Whatever your problem is with your browser, Mozilla Firefox is the answer.

Answer 8

use firefox