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Whoa! Cookies aren't viruses, they are pretty harmless and, even after you delete, they will come back as you surf the web, so you'll keep finding them. That's normal.

You can control cookies through your browser.

In IE7, click on:

'Tools' > 'Options' > 'Privacy' > 'Advanced'

Allow First-party cookies and block Third-party cookies. First-party cookies are set by the web site you are actually visiting and some won't work without cookies enabled. Third-party cookies are set by e.g. advertisers on that web site, these are the ones you particularly don't want.

You could set First-party cookies to 'prompt' but you'll probably find it annoying after a short while.

If you're using Firefox, click on:

Tools > Options > Privacy

Accept first-party cookies, don't accept third-party ones, keep until you close Firefox and select to clear private data when you close Firefox.

If you use SpywareBlaster it will ban cookies (and ActiveX) from known bad sites:

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareb...

GET AN ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM, e.g. Avast *free*: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-compare-h...

Spyware IS NOT "pretty harmless"

....just because you personally don't mind being tracked and spied on by EVERY type of buisness out there including the buisnesses in ALL other countries as well, doesn't mean you should be telling others that cookies are pretty harmless.

Cookies are only pretty harmless when concerning the isssue of them not acting like a virus, thus they are pretty harmless to the proper working condition of your pc/laptop and its operating system.

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