Are the cookies that reside in your computer necessary? Sometimes yes. Let's say you use the Internet Explorer browser to access the Web. Each time you download a page, your computer accesses a ...

Q:. I run a program called Spybot that searches out unwanted third-party entries on my computer. It always turns up a lot of tracking cookies. I do not know how they get there, but I am sure if my ...

When you visit a website, your web browser usually saves a lot of information during your visit. Some information is automatically saved by the web browser, in the form of cache and history. When ...

A Computer Cookie is a small data packet or a tiny file that websites store on a user’s computer. Normally, cookies are harmless. The aim of creating website cookies is to enhance the users’ internet ...

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Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I have Avast Premium Security, which notifies me periodically of a tracking cookie, in anticipation of me ...

QUESTION: Why is every website these days asking me to accept their cookies, and how do I know which ones to accept? ANSWER: We’re all seeing these pop-up notifications just about everywhere we go on ...

A: Whew! Seldom have I seen a question so full of unasked questions. Well, I think I’m up to the task, so let’s get to dreaming them up then answering them. Let’s start by talking about exactly what ...

When you surf the internet - is someone tracking your every move? You may be leaving a trail of your information every time you click on a different Web site. Did you know every time you go on the ...

Supercookies are a serious threat to internet privacy. They are not stored on your computer but can identify your web traffic and are tremendously tough to detect. You would have heard of “Cookies”, ...