A cookie is a small file placed on a internet user computer by a website.

These cookie's can be blocked or saved by your internet browser (internet explorer or Netscape) based on your internet security settings.

The main purpose of these cookie's is to record your personal setting i.e. passwords , user id ,credit card details ,address ,email etc so next time you visit the site you don't have to enter the same info again thus saving time. The only problem is that some websites use cookie's to spy on you and use them to track your browsing.

Some people choose to block all cookie's for security reasons the only problem is that some sites will not work correctly without them enabled.

In internet explorer 6 all cookie's can be deleted by clicking on "internet options" in the "tools" menu and in the temporary files section clicking on delete cookies.

If want to see the cookie files on your computer , in the temporary files section click on "setting" .Once the new menu appears click on "view files" .This will show all your temporary internet files including cookies. on your pc ,you can right click a particular file and choose to delete it.

If you find out a website has left a un-desirable cookie on your system you can add this website to the restricted zone in your security setting. This will give a higher security setting to this web site when you next visit the site and cookies will be BLOCKED.

 

Note

If your security settings blocks a cookie the a eye symbol will appear in the bottom menu bar in your browser. if you click on this it will show you what cookie has been blocked ,from here you can decide weather to allow the cookie in future or not for a particular website.

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Revised: February 07, 2010