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Cookies come from Websites that you visit, across the Internet, and into your PC.


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Option C - keep the cookies of web-sites you visit regularly.


How can you prevent your computer from storing what web address you visit?

The best way to prevent your computer from storing the websites you visit is by disabling cookies. A cookie is information stored by the pages you visit. Disabling cookies will prevent your computer from keeping a record of where you go when you're web surfing.


What is the computer cookies mean?

Cookies are files the websites save locally on your computer.They can have non malicious uses like keeping the time if the last visit to malicious uses like tracking your browsing on the net.


Do all websites use cookies?

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What is in private browsing good for?

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How can you permanently delete tracking cookies' virus?

Tracking cookies are not actually a virus. Some antivirus software detects them, because many users do not want them. Tracking cookies are used by advertisers to detect when you view their advertisements. If you do not want tracking cookies, you can visit these advertisers' websites, where they generally provide you with the option to opt out of these cookies. Install CCleaner from piriform and that should remove all the cookies on your Windows system.


Why is so important to clear your browser once a week?

Because it keeps your browser fast and secure. The Cookies that you receive from the websites that you visit can sometimes harm your computers privacy.


How do website use cookies?

Cookies are small files that a website puts in your hard disk on your first visit. It records your behavior in using a website such as what pages you have visited, how long you have stayed on that page, your personal preferences etc. Websites use cookies to help remember their users and in their next visit, the system will be able to recognize you and provide you with information that interest you and less on the content you do not like. A great example of a cookie at work is when you put a product on a virtual shopping cart in an online store and returned a few days later, the product is still there. You, as the user do not have to worry about your security because cookies are not malicious in nature. Every cookie is unique and encrypted to protect you and the system. See the Related Links section for some helpful information.


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Can you legally down load cookies?

Um, why would you want to do that on purpose? Sure, but usually websites already upload them onto your computer when you visit each site. So knock yourself out.


What does it mean to remove cookies?

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