Cookies - Put Internet Users in Doubt. Controlling Cookies. Cookie Managing Guide

How Does a Cookie Arrive? After visiting a web page, your computer can contain additional file under the C:\Documents and Settings\username\Cookies directory - cookie. It is a brief text file (*.txt) that contains a unique code. Each cookie can be accessed by the website that created it. This way users do not have to log in into the web-based systems (forum, member sites, etc.) each time they visit it. Visually, after you logged into forum to post a message yesterday a cookie have been created, and you did not have to log in again today because before reaching the content a cookie have been detected by a website on your hard drive and forum member rights have been assigned to you automatically (member start page have been started without entering username and password).

Cookies - It's Time to Concern About Privacy

Cookies are not the problem of security but they can infringe privacy. In set terms, if an ad from a different server (third-party) is integrated into website content (First-party), two different cookies is going to be created. Third-party cookies let to reveal the pages to visited - privacy trespassing occurs.

Turning off Undesirable Cookies

Want to avoid cookie attack and protect yourself from gathering private info - switch them off! Explanation about how to control cookies follows up. The optimal cookie security settings:

• Tools->Internet options
• Select Privacy and click Advanced...
• Mark "checked" Override automatic cookie handling. Otherwise you will not be able to change cookie privacy settings below.
• Below Third-party Cookies mark "Block" and click OK
• Mark "checked" Always allow session cookies so that Internet Explorer can use temporary cookies, which after logging out will be deleted. Save settings by clicking OK

After these steps your computer security will be increased.