Hundreds of Tracking Cookies in my PC?

A cookie is a tiny bit of data that a website stores on your computer. A tracking cookie is a cookie that comes from advertisers/third parties. It basically is there to deliver relevant ads to you. Tracking cookies aren't necessarily dangerous, though.

As I said, tracking cookies come from ads/advertisers. Yieldmanager, liveperson, tribalfusion, and zedo are all ad services.

You can usually get rid of your internet cookies by clearing your history.

you can also delete them using AVG, there should be an option to do that (quarantine/delete option).

Every time your browser loads a webpage, that page usually send your machine a file with info on it that tells the website what your preferences are in viewing that site, so the next time you visit, you don't have to reset any settings. It remembers you by giving you a kind of nametag with your preferences on it. This is called a cookie. Some ad serving networks also place a cookie on your machine, and update it each time you visit any page serving ads from them. They write on your cookie which sites you've visited, and can track your browsing habits.

Most cookies are harmless, and without some, you will have to log in every time you visit a site. Some people don't care about this, and delete all their cookies.

Firefox is a good browser, and gives you a good way to deal with this. Tools>Clear Recent History allows you to delete any of several types of data stored by firefox. In the options or settings menu, you can tell firefox to never remember history or you can set custom settings for what firefox does with your web history. This way you don't have to do it yourself every time. It happens whenever you close the browser. Internet Explorer has a similar setting. It should be under Privacy.

Don't be alarmed by cookies, but truly they have no right to track you against your will. You can mark the checkbox on that same privacy menu in Firefox to say "Do Not Track." I would then install adblock lite, a firefox addon, to block ads from even being shown. It works well. AVG will continue to find a few now and then, and take care of them. Flash also gathers data. You can change the settings for that at http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en...

What are those?

They are special cookies that store information about the sites that you have visited and they send this information to advertisement companies to serve you more relevant advertisement (that suits your tastes).

How did they come to my PC?

They were automatically downloaded and stored by your web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox) when you visited a website with an advert.

How can I get rid of them?

You can clear the cookies in your web browser. The instructions for clearing cookies changes depending on the web browser that you have, but most web browsers will accept the shortcut: CTRL + SHIFT + DEL. Once you press that, tick the box that says cookies and then press OK/Delete.

How can I protect my PC in the future?

Tracking cookies are generally harmless. They are just text files that are stored on your computer. They cannot do any active harm/damage to your computer, so it is safe to leave them. If, for some reason, you require slightly more privacy, then install a extension for your web browser that does not allow tracking cookies - I recommend using Ghostery for Mozilla Firefox.

Mozilla Firefox can be installed here (free): https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Ghostery can be installed here (free): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/gho...

NOTE: If you do not know, Mozilla Firefox is a fast, open source, customisable web browser (like a replacement for Internet Explorer).

Basically cookies a simple programs that hold data for later use. You know when u go to facebook and ask it to save your password for you? That is pretty much a cookie.

In todays world they are mostly harmless and are everywhere, no point getting worried about them. AVG sees it as a threat because its storing information. Clear them if you want.

1- Go to the Internet Browser you use,in the Menu > Option > You Can see clear History > Delete History and Cookies .

1st - Use Firefox Browser .

2nd -In The Menu of the "browser" go to Options ,Select " Privacy" >Use custom Setting History

nothing to worry bout mate