Blocking tracking cookies and also third party cookies
Most of you know that sites add cookies to your computer and these are usually innocent and identify you on say this forum for example and do no harm.
Some, however, track your activities for nefarious purposes and you can block these - usually your spyware programs will find them and get rid of them for you but I block them from the outset in case they track in the period before I again run a scan.
Third party cookies can be dubious as maybe there to steal your identification etc or password and bank details which can be nasty if you find nothing remaining after an attack on your bank.
On Firefox easy to block all of these and manage everything - don't ask me about IE because I don't think it can be done as not as refined or secure as Firefox. And I don't use it as IE7 and IE8 both were not compatible with other programs and wrecked my computer so rolled back to IE6 which I cant get rid of as part of Windows system. Don't use it as also insecure and if I need a IE tab well have it as an add on on my Firefox anyway.
So Firefox>tools>options>privacy
click on exceptions - add the url of the site in the box - and click on block. This will add it to the ones already in the blocking area set by Firefox as bad sites for this.
www.perthnow.com.au
which is one I just blocked and reminded me to tell anyone who hasn't come across this or how to do it. Australian News too I have blocked as like Perth Now it puts tracking cookies on your computer. Murdoch trying to see where you go I expect and thinking out how to make you pay!
If you think you cant remember the url - go to the site and left click on the url in the address bar and then right click and copy to clipboard. Then go back to Firefox tools and options etc and get to window and paste it into the space.
Can do this all the time for cut and pastefor source of data you post.
Sometimes the newspapers - particularly Murdoch's - don't seen to want you to cut and paste off the tab on top of the browser so use this method of cut and paste and it works.
Tee he hehe beat him at his own game........
Hope this is of value...........
Good point BigVal.
With firefox
Under Options / Privacy , I untick "Accept third party cookies"
and in the "Keep Until" box I select "Ask me every time"
Once you have refused a cookie doing this, the site will be permanently blocked from adding cookies.
The only sites I accept cookies from are the ones I use passwords for.
It pays to use Spybot (free software) now and then just to make sure something has not sneaked in.