What Are Tracking Cookies?

[cm-happy]

Whenever I run a spy ware program it always comes up with list of tracking cookies that it lists as spy ware. I delete them. Are they dangerous of should I just leave them alone?

[jstumbo]

Whenever I run a spy ware program it always comes up with list of tracking cookies that it lists as spy ware. I delete them. Are they dangerous of should I just leave them alone?

They are basically a cookie that is used to track your web surfing. They are used mostly by advertisers so that ads are specific to your interests.

Not a security threat, more a privacy thing.

[Tywais]

From F-Secure > http://www.f-secure.com/sw-desc/tracking_cookie.shtml