Good Cookies, Bad Cookies
Hi Fred. Having gained a lot of satisfaction from your newsletters I feel it is time to try and give something back. Regarding Spyware and adware in Windows, there is a very useful way to stop, probably 99% or close to it. I usually start by going into Control Panel
Right click Internet Options and create short, cut, which is then placed on the desktop.
Right click the icon. Select properties and change icon to the NO Entry Sign, click Ok, Apply and OK.
Open Internet Properties, on Privacy go to Advanced then put a tick in Override automatic cookie handling.
For first-party cookies tick Prompt
For third-party cookies tick Block
Then tick always allow session cookies
Click OK. Then Apply and OK.
The first part is then complete.
When you then go to any Internet site YOU have control over whatever cookies are trying to get in to your computer. If it is a site that you know is ok then you tick, Apply my decision to all cookies from this website and then Allow cookie.
If it is a site you do not wish to allow then, Apply my decision to all cookies from this website and Block.
An example of how it works is that if you go to Google and simply hit block you will find that you can still use Google and when you hit enter for your search Google will want to save another cookie on your computer hit block again and away you go to the site that you wanted.
I believe it's a bit like Google then does not know who you are or where you are going. Using my computer this way for the last five or six years, I have at times allowed some bad cookies to ensure that Spybot s&d is still working. Yours, sincerely. ---Bill Ash
Your technique enables your system to "learn" good-Cookie sites from bad. However, it won't suit everyone (including Yours Truly) simply because it may require too much user action given the sheer number of Cookies one may encounter.
Remember that Cookies aren't usually "bad;"
in most cases they're either neutral or actively beneficial in a variety of ways, saving you time or providing additional
site-specific benefits or features. (Fuller explanation:
http://langa.com/newsletters/2005/2005-01-27.htm#2 )
Regardless of your degree of "Cookie paranoia," it's always best to use a
variety of methods and tools in protecting your system against malware of all
stripes. Here's more: 5 Essential Steps To PC Security
http://www.informationweek.com/LP/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177100010
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