Anyone know of a list of malicious cookies?

[halfpower]

Do the cookies Adaware removes slow down my internet very much? I was going to try to block these cookies with my router, but I'm not sure which ones to block.

 

[robphelan]

Originally posted by: halfpower
Do the cookies Adaware removes slow down my internet very much? I was going to try to block these cookies with my router, but I'm not sure which ones to block.

i delete everything i don't recognize... most legitimate sites have easily recognizable text in the names... bofa, bestbuy, nytimes, etc....

 

[notfred]

There's no such thing as a "malicious cookie".

 

[MrChad]

Disable third-party cookies in your browser. That will probably eliminate most of the ones that Adaware picks up. As notfred says, cookies really can't be malicious.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: notfred
There's no such thing as a "malicious cookie".

 

[halfpower]

Can't they slow data down my transfers?

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: halfpower
Can't they slow data down my transfers?

That sentence doesn't even make sense.

No, they don't slow down data transfers. They're little tiny text files that are sent to webservers when you load webpages.

It'd probably be beneficial to you to learn what a cookie actually is.

 

[Frodolives]

Get Spywareblaster at http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/ and update it regularly.

 

[rwmega]

Oreos are fairly malicious. I can't stand those things.

 

[T9D]

You should clear all your cookies and temp files anyway before running your spyware programs.

And yeah cookies dont hurt anything.

 

[halfpower]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: halfpower
Can't they slow data down my transfers?

That sentence doesn't even make sense.

No, they don't slow down data transfers. They're little tiny text files that are sent to webservers when you load webpages.

It'd probably be beneficial to you to learn what a cookie actually is.

What is the point, then, of running programs such as Adaware?

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: halfpower

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: halfpower
Can't they slow data down my transfers?

That sentence doesn't even make sense.

No, they don't slow down data transfers. They're little tiny text files that are sent to webservers when you load webpages.

It'd probably be beneficial to you to learn what a cookie actually is.

What is the point, then, of running programs such as Adaware?

Some online advertisers use cookies to "track" your browsing behavior. For instance, an ad on cnn.com might set a cookie. If msnbc.com uses the same advertising server, then those ads could read the cookie set at cnn.com. This information can be used by the advertiser to determine your browsing behavior (well, to determine that you visited both cnn.com and msnbc.com; they can't determine much else).

It's not really "malicious", but it is "spying", in a sense. That's why Adaware targets these types of cookies.

 

[CorCentral]

Did'nt the Gingerbreadman have a mean cousin?

Adaware Plus ($30.) has an added "Adwatch" that runs in the background and stops alot of added crap from coming through.

 

[Regs]

Don't some pop-ups get activated by a cookie? Lets say if a program embedded inside the pages coding parses cookie data and activates the pop-up?

*shrugs*

 

[shoRunner]

Originally posted by: halfpower

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: halfpower
Can't they slow data down my transfers?

That sentence doesn't even make sense.

No, they don't slow down data transfers. They're little tiny text files that are sent to webservers when you load webpages.

It'd probably be beneficial to you to learn what a cookie actually is.

What is the point, then, of running programs such as Adaware?

adaware does not only remove cookies, it removes programs that are spyware/adware/malware which are bad, cookies are not programs and therefore cannot slow down your computer anymore than a .txt file would.

 

[pkme2]

All your questions will be answered. Go here

 

[WildHorse]

I think this will cover your concern.

Do 3 things:

(1) Assuming you run Windows XP, every 2 weeks download the latest hosts file, unzip & extact to :
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

You can download it from here.

There's a lot of other confusing stuff also on that site which you don't need.

(2) It would however be a good idea to also download the little batch file that LOCKS your hosts file, from this page. Look down the page for "lockhost.bat"

After you lock it, then every 2 weeks when you install the new hosts file by overwriting the old one, you do NOT need to unlock it first. Just lock once with lockhost.bat & forget the lock.

Goodbye spywear, popups, popunders, flashers, blinkers, etc.

(3) Also continue regularly updating & running your spywear removal app, whether that be LAvasoft Ad-Aware, or Spywear Blaster or whatever, and of course your virus protection & firewall..


Edit: To specifically answer your OP question, the list (which is updated every 2 weeks) can be viewed here.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: Regs
Don't some pop-ups get activated by a cookie? Lets say if a program embedded inside the pages coding parses cookie data and activates the pop-up?

*shrugs*

Well, they CAN do this... but it seems pretty worthless. I mean, coding inside the page would have to say "Oh, look, this person has visited this site and done this and that, I'll have to give them this ad!" ... but the cookie itself really has nothing to do with it. A cookie doesn't have to be from a certain site in order for a site to read the cookie.

As mentioned above, MSNBC.com could do a check to see if you've been to CNN.com, but it doesn't make sense to block a certain place's cookie just because another site MIGHT be looking to target advertising at you.

If you are that upset over it, just change your internet options to approve/deny cookies (which will fast get annoying) so that anything you don't need, you won't get.