How come YAHOO allows third party "cookies" to be added to any computer system?
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Set up your system preference to accept or block cookies.\nSome you will have to accept like those for email.\nBe sure that you don't have a problem with spyware.  I bet you do.
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A cookie is a packet of information sent by a server to a World Wide Web browser and then sent back by the browser each time it accesses that server. Cookies are mostly used for authentication, tracking, and maintaining user-specific information (preferences, electronic shopping cart, etc.)\n\nIf you want to get rid of the cookies in your browswer, if you're using Internet Explorer, go to Tools>Options and click delete cookies.\n\nTo set advanced cookie options, go to Tools>Options and then click on the Privacy tab. Click "advanced" and set options for cookies. I recommend allow first party cookies and blocking third party cookies. If you want to, you can click "prompt" for first party cookies, if you want to specify whether or not to allow cookies from specific websites (if you do this, you will have to approve all the sites that have to set cookies in your computer).\n\nRemember, though, that some websites can't funcion if you don't accept their cookies!
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Two steps.\n1.  Use Firefox and install the noscript extension.\nIt's a more secure browser and noscript keeps websites from executing code that could be used in potential exploits.\n2.  Modify your hosts file.  It basically prevents your computer from contacting the servers that supply things like ads and spyware.  See http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm for directions and a great hosts file.  This is particularly good for tracking cookies.
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Cookies are the crumbs that get dumped and left on your computer every time you go on-line and brouse. Some are good as they come from your ISP or Yahoo, etc. They remember your username etc. so you don't have to log in every time you go on. The rest are pests at best and can be dumped. I purge my cookies every time I get ready to go online and some times just after I go off. Can't help with I_Mac as I am a Windows user, but your equiv. of Explorer should barf up your cookie folder or what ever Mac calls it. They are used to track your actions, mostly to figure out how to sell you something by profiling your searches. Some are the main cause of spam. Your IP gets tracked, cookied, and next time you go on they fill your bulk mail box up (if you have one as Yahoo does) with junk mail.
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Click tools in the top menu bar, go to Internet options, then the privacy tab... slide the bar down till cookies are accepted. (thats the quick way--now for the best way)\nClick tools in the top menu bar, go to Internet options,security, highlight the globe for the trusted zone, and click on the sites button. In here add the url of the site thats being blocked... ie: http://login.yahoo.com ---- you can find which sites are being blocked by double clicking on the little red circle with a white bar image in the status bar at the bottom of the IE window. Obviously dont add every site it lists, those beginning with adserve are just for adverts etc. Sites in the trusted zone accept cookies by default, so this makes for a nice way of ensuring that any cookies on your pc are from sites you trust
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Cookies are small text files that store information for your browser.\n\nThey can be used to keep you registered at a site (so you don't need to login everytime you visit), they can store information about your shopping cart, etc.\n\nThey are also used to do a limited amout of tracking of your web habits. For instance if you go to Sporks.com they will place a cookie that will allow them to see how you navigate the site. They may see you went from the webpage New Sporks back to the Main Page and then to Sporks In History. If a lot of people do that, they can see that the direct navigation from New Sporks to Sporks In History is confusing or not noticable.\n\nLess respectible uses of cookies are to obtain you buying habits and then send that information to a server so they can start some relevant pop-ups.\n\nYou can clear all the cookies from your browser, but this means that you may have to retype user names and passwords for some sites.\n\nHere is an example of a cookie I picked up from TheOnion (http://onion.com), though I have switched some funny charachters and split it on 4 lines. Very Exciting!\n\nUPTCLICKTHRU-9803-862510-\n8cb194a5bc-click.theonion.com/\n-1024-3907250688-29789697\n-1480157024-29769581-*-
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HOW TO TURN ON COOKIES \n\nWhat Are Cookies? \n\nCookies are a feature of every modern web browser, such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape. They are not a security risk under normal use, but they are sometimes "turned off" or disabled. \n\nThey are used by web site authors to store information in a private location on your computer, for use only when browsing a web site. They are a required major feature of most shopping carts and other online applications. Keeping them enabled is recommended. \n\n\nEnabling Cookies \n\nFollowing the directions below to turn on "cookies" in your web browser. If you don't see your browser listed, please check your documentation to find out how to enable cookies. \n\nGo to the "Help" menu and click "About..." to find out what web browser you are using. \n        \nThird Party Blockers \n\nSometimes you may have software installed that blocks cookies. \nThese third-party utilities should be disabled because they may interfere with web sites you visit. \n\nFor Internet Explorer 6 Users: \n\nOpen Internet Explorer 6 \nGo to Tools, Internet Options on the menu. \nClick on the Privacy tab. \nIf you see "Custom", click the "Default" button to reset the settings. \nThe slider on the left should NOT be set to "Block All Cookies". \nIf you don't know which settings to put the slider on, put it on the "Medium" option. \nClick Ok to exit the option window and then close Internet Explorer. \nCookies are now enabled in Internet Explorer! \n\nFor Internet Explorer 5 Users: \n\nOpen Internet Explorer 5 \nGo to Tools, Internet Options on the menu. \nClick on the Security tab, and then the Custom Level button. \nLook through the list for the section titled Cookies. \nThere should be two options in this section. Enable both of them. \nClick Ok to save the settings, clicking Yes when it asks if you want to change the security settings for the zone. \nClick Ok to exit the rest of the open windows and then close Internet Explorer. \nCookies are now enabled! \n\nFor Netscape Users: \n\nOpen Netscape. \nGo to Edit, Preferences on the menu. \nClick the Advanced link on the left side menu. \nClick "Accept all cookies" under the Cookies section \nClick Ok to exit the window and then close Netscape. \nCookies are now enabled!
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there's 2 reasons i can think of why your puter is doing that,  1: you have cookies disabled(yahoo stores a cookie on your computer that holds that information)\nor 2: you have it set to secure log on\n\nR3dm0
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there is a different cookie folder for each and,every account on the computer..your's is probably setup as a guest account
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Cookies are actually harmless text files that certain web sites will place onto the hard drive of your computer. Your Internet Browser will then load the information into memory while you are visiting their site. The Cookie itself, actually takes up very little space and acts as an identification card for the visiting site. You can compare this to visiting your favorite restaurant where your food server will usually remember certain aspects of how you like your food prepared and what you usually order. This information would obviously be based upon his familiarity of your prior visits. Well Cookies actually act in a similar manner and do not contain viruses as a virus must be executable file.
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Cookies are small files that websites can cause to be stored on your computer. They contain information about your activity at that site. If Yahoo remembers who you are when you visit the site, it's because the site created a cookie on your computer the last time you logged in.\n\nCookies are somewhat controversial because they are also used by marketing companies to track what you do on the web. For this reason, it is best to set your browser to refuse third party cookies, and to frequently use a spyware remover to root out tracking cookies. You can also manually manage your cookies; your browser's help menu can tell you  how.
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Use symantec's Norton SystemWorks, It would remove yuour unwanted cookies history missing shortcuts etc.
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Have u blooked cookies from Yahoo ? if so ..
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go to ytmnd.com, they explain it, check wikipedia.org\n\nThey ask to have cookies enabled, cookies may contain spyware, but unless your downloading something, dont worry about it...
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I don't know what browser you are using, but if it is Internet Explorer right click the icon on your desktop,  left click properties, left click privacy, left click advanced, left click override automatic cookie handling, check the 2 boxes to accept cookies, and hit OK. If your browser is Firefox, open the browser and left click tools, left click options, left click privacy, check the box marked Accept cookies from all sites, and hit OK. If you do this, make sure you periodically clear your cache of cookies or you will notice that your computer will begin to run slower.
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You may have to allow the cookies to that page.  Do you have your firewall on?  Need more information!
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You need to enable the cookies, or open the firewall.