said by Twilight6502 :

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From EarthLink's site:

"Adware cookies are pieces of software that Web sites store on your hard drive when you visit a site. Some cookies exist just to save you time-for example, when you check a box for a Web site to remember your password on your computer."

Cookies are not pieces of software! They are plain text files that cannot be executed, and can only be read and updated by the Web browser. Companies that provide false information in "public service" messages are making people paranoid about the wrong things, while managing to make themselves look like idiots.

I guess that's what happens when you let the marketing department write technical content.

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