Question:
how to prevent tracking cookies?
?
14 years ago
are there some computer options i can select to stop my computer from getting tracking cookies? i have windows 7 64 bit home premium and i use google chrome.
Five answers:
anonymous
14 years ago
CHROME> wrench icon> Preferences> Under the hood> Content settings> Cookies (heading): tick "Allow local data..." & "Ignore exceptions and block 3rd party..."> close tab.

AdBlock plus available. See Add-on's for Chrome.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search?q=ad+block
shawn
8 years ago
monitoring cookies are required via some websites. in case you have disabled cookies, the region supplies a message like "Sorry, cookies might desire to be enabled to bypass to this website." previously shutting down, you may delete all information in the browser cache (it truly is HTML information, Javascript, gif, jpg etc) and you additionally can delete all cookies. In IE7, that's strategies - Delete surfing history - Delete All. In FF there ought to be something comparable. the only downside is that that's advisable form on your username for websites that throughout the time of any different case remember your username with a cookie (Netflix, banking websites, Yahoo etc). yet each and all the internet sites that track your surfing behavior merely to make money would be perplexed through fact their cookie has been deleted. tell your persons to scrub their browser cache usually. that's something you want to do once you utilize a working laptop or laptop in a public website (library, internet cafe) through fact some evil minds seem there for passwords.
Computer Technician
14 years ago
There probably is a way but I never worry about it. I just run SuperAntiSpyware ever two or three days and

it kills all the tracking cookies. Now malwarebytes don't get the tracking cookies.
?
14 years ago
every site you go to is a cookie , if you buy a total internet security system and do this to your wifi--leaveing it wide open you'll be ok ----what you people think stealth cyber space is beyound me / stop doing what you are doing than you have nothing to worry about

set your router this way ( ssid , put a powerful password on it and use wap2 )

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wirelessrouters/ss/router_ssid.htm
Sly_Old_Mole
14 years ago
we all get cookies, however I block third party cookies:



http://www.bobulous.org.uk/misc/third-party-cookies.html


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