How to Remove Third-Party Tracking Cookies
Third-party cookies are small text files that websites download to your computer, allowing them to track web movements and tendencies. When you visit a certain domain, the web pages on that domain may contain a third-party domain, mostly in the form of banners and advertisements, allowing them to follow you as you move from one site to another. Although third-party cookies are not malicious programs like viruses, blocking and removing them to avoid intrusion is actually simpler than you think.
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Instructions
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Updating Anti-Virus Protection
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Download AVG Anti-virus Protection free. Install it on your computer.
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Launch AVG Anti-virus and click "Update Now" on the main panel. The program will scan for updates. Click "Update" to update the virus and spyware definitions.
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Click the "Computer Scanner" tab and click "Change Scan Settings by the "Scan whole computer" title.
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Place a check on the "Scan for tracking cookies" check-box and click "Start Scan." When the scan is complete, click the "Warnings" tab to view the scan results.
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Click all the third party tracking cookies found and click "Remove selected infections."
Blocking Third Party Cookies
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Launch Internet Explorer and click "Tools" on the top menu. Select "Internet Options."
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Click the "Privacy" tab and click the "Advanced" button. Place a check on the "Override automatic cookie handling" check-box.
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Click "Block" under "Third-part cookies." Click "OK" to save changes and "OK" again to close the Internet options.
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