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[incy wincy]

Hi,
I've just finished scanning with Ewido,which brought up the following tracking cookie/Tacoda.
This was found in c:\docs\settings\owner\cookies\ownre@Tacoda(1)txt..Idid a google on this and found a reference to an audience management system,a marketing app for analyzing costumer interactions.where has this come from? any ideas

[Eldmannen]

You shouldnt worry too much about cookies.
They can come from any website, and browser can get third-party cookies from other sites too, example when you goto a website that had advertising.

I am not a fan of cookies either though. I dislike them, but you shouldnt worry much about it.

If you use Mozilla Firefox (which you should), then you can goto options menu and change so that it by default blocks all cookies except those you explicitly allows and those should be from sites which have login systems that you need to use, such as webmail and forum sites.

If you use Internet Explorer, you can goto options menu then Privacy tab then Advanced button, then select to Block third-party cookies.

http://www.GetFirefox.com

[incy wincy]

Eldmannen, on Mar 8 2006, 03:02 PM, said:

You shouldnt worry too much about cookies.
They can come from any website, and browser can get third-party cookies from other sites too, example when you goto a website that had advertising.

I am not a fan of cookies either though. I dislike them, but you shouldnt worry much about it.

If you use Mozilla Firefox (which you should), then you can goto options menu and change so that it by default blocks all cookies except those you explicitly allows and those should be from sites which have login systems that you need to use, such as webmail and forum sites.

If you use Internet Explorer, you can goto options menu then Privacy tab then Advanced button, then select to Block third-party cookies.

http://www.GetFirefox.com

Thanks for the reply Eldmannen,
I do use i.e and in the options it is already set to block third-party cookies so how come its there?

[Andavari]

incy wincy, on Mar 8 2006, 09:06 AM, said:

I do use i.e and in the options it is already set to block third-party cookies so how come its there?

Probably how the site or ad was set to write the cookie. I'm not all versed in how a cookie gets planted however I've seen some that are blocked come right on through which I assume may be related to JavaScript, Macromedia Flash, etc.

[Eldmannen]

Cookies are planted in the HTTP header via "Set-Cookie:".

http://en.wikipedia....iki/HTTP_cookie

[Andavari]

Thanks Eldmannen that link gives a plethora of information.