Adaware

[F C B P]

I know nowt about t'internet (and not much about owt else)

What's this do?:

Name:Tracking Cookie
Category: Data Miner
Object Type:IECache Entry
Size:169 Bytes
Location:C:...SteveCookiessteve@247realmedia[2].txt
Last Activity:31/05/2006 18:37:10
Relevance:Low
TAC index:3
Comment:Hits:2
Description:This cookie is known to collect information that may be used either for targeted advertising, or tracking users across a particular website, such as page views or ad click-thrus.

Thanks in advance.

>> Edited by F C B P on Wednesday 31st May 21:30

[Bodo]

F C B P said:

I know nowt about t'internet (and not much about owt else) What's this do?: Name:Tracking Cookie Categoryata Miner Object Type:IECache Entry Size:169 Bytes Location:C:...SteveCookiessteve@247realmedia[2].txt Last Activity:31/05/2006 18:37:10 Relevance:Low TAC index:3 Comment:Hits:2 Description:This cookie is known to collect information that may be used either for targeted advertising, or tracking users across a particular website, such as page views or ad click-thrus. Thanks in advance.

It says a certain website, when you revisit it, that you've been there before. It's a 'cookie' and Pistonheads, for example, uses them too. It's nothing really to woory about, even if it's from an advertising site. Adaware shows them up, just to show anything up, so its users think adaware is busy and powerful

[PetrolTed]

It's a cookie placed on your PC by an ad server. It can be used to record the fact that you've seen a particular advert (and prevent you seeing it more than 'n' times in a day), or potentially for the ad server to track the fact that you've seen an ad on PH and on another site served by the same company.

It does not identify you personally.

[F C B P]

Ta Bodo. Is it one way? Or does it gather info & send it back somewhere?

[F C B P]

PetrolTed said:

It's a cookie placed on your PC by an ad server. It can be used to record the fact that you've seen a particular advert (and prevent you seeing it more than 'n' times in a day), or potentially for the ad server to track the fact that you've seen an ad on PH and on another site served by the same company. It does not identify you personally.

Ta.

[Scraggles]

or just wipe all advert and tracking cookies that you dont recognise

[F C B P]

Scraggles said:

or just wipe all advert and tracking cookies that you dont recognise

I wipe 'em all (I think). I ran adaware, zapped everything, then logged on PH & got the above. I was just curious as to what it did.

[PetrolTed]

F C B P said:

Ta Bodo. Is it one way? Or does it gather info & send it back somewhere?

Think of it as a bit of paper with some numbers written on it. More information can be written onto the paper and it can read from too. However the information written on it is only written on by the server, it can't gather any information from your PC. It does not have access to your PC other than permission to store the 'note'.

[F C B P]

PetrolTed said:

F C B P said: Ta Bodo. Is it one way? Or does it gather info & send it back somewhere? Think of it as a bit of paper with some numbers written on it. More information can be written onto the paper and it can read from too. However the information written on it is only written on by the server, it can't gather any information from your PC. It does not have access to your PC other than permission to store the 'note'.

Thanks again.