2007-09-17 13:38:21 · 8 answers · asked by ladeladeladeladelade 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Cookies are just small .txt (text) files that by themselves cannot hurt your computer. Cookies are "set" by almost every website that you visit, on every visit. You can delete all your cookies today and by tomorrow you will have dozens again just by visiting websites.
Cookies are NOT a virus.
Cookies do NOT slow down a computer, at least the first million or so that you might have on your computer!
Children are the people that are always the most nervous about cookies. Because cookies are an easy way for Mommy and Daddy to find out exactly what their darling 'lil b@$^@#d$ have been looking at on the web.
Personally, If I happen to remember it, I will delete my cookies every 6 months or so :-)
Just don't delete any cookies for websites that you have forgotton the password for. Without cookies you will need to sign-in again until the site generates a new cookie.
Cookies are much ado about nothin'.
2007-09-17 13:45:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Internet cookies are these things that are sort of saved and are sent back to the website everytime. Like preferences, shopping carts that sort of thing.
2007-09-17 20:46:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
certain user info like site preferences, usernames, etc. but since you only deleted the cookies, websites will be prompting you for certain info again.
2007-09-17 20:53:07 · answer #3 · answered by techTalks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cookies. They are used to track your internet visitations. Some are not bad, but some are. You need some when you visit cetain sites, like yahoo.
2007-09-17 20:45:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Settings and preferences of some websites you may have setup personalized settings on. Otherwise, not much, just a bunch of mostly useless info.
2007-09-17 20:48:51 · answer #5 · answered by Norak D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the cookies are deleted ..
2007-09-17 20:43:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The web pages where you have Benn
you will not lose any thing.
2007-09-17 20:46:56 · answer #7 · answered by scsriver 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not much really.......it is ok to delete them though
2007-09-17 20:44:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋