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F-Secure Spyware Information Pages: Trackware:W32/Tracking Cookie
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Summary
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Tracking cookies are files that track your web browsing habits.
Tracking cookies are browser settings that provide websites a unique ID for the user. The tracking cookies are constantly recreated when you browse the web. |
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Additional Details
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Tracking cookies track your web browsing habits. They can collect information about pages and advertisements you have seen or any other activity during browsing. Different websites can share tracking cookies, and each website with the same tracking cookie can read the information and write new information into it.
Websites that use tracking cookies continue to recreate cookies in your browser's cache each time you visit.
Normal cookies are used to remember the user whom is visiting the website in order to show the appropriate content. Without them, some websites would cease to function. If you use a password on a website, then the cookie is used to note that you have signed on.
In general, a tracking cookie is not dangerous. They may potentially infringe upon your privacy and may be removed. A tracking cookie cannot cause any system instability. Current versions of popular web browsers include options to empty the browser cache folder when the application is closed. |
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F-Secure Corporation |
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Last Modified: October 27, 2008
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