What are tracking cookie files?

Tracking Cookies are pieces of data that are unable to perform any operation by themselves, and are therefore harmless. These cookies are detected as a possible privacy concern because they can be used for tracking your browsing behavior.

Tracking cookies are not viruses or malicious code. Cookies are only text files and therefore cannot be dangerous to your computer.

The main purpose of cookies is to identify users and possibly prepare customized web pages for them. When you enter a web site using cookies, you may be asked to fill in a form providing such information as your name and interests. This information is sent to your web browser as a cookie file. The next time you go to the same web site, your browser will send the cookie to the web server. The server can use this information to present you with custom web pages.

If you don’t want to use cookies you can check the settings of Internet Explorer browser to accept/deny the cookie file. More information can be found at:

http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.mspx

If you are using a Mozilla Firefox browser, you can find more information at:

http://mozilla.gunnars.net/firefox_help_firefox_cookie_tutorial.html

More information about cookie files can be found at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie