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Originally Posted by sherer
one thing i would advise is moving to firefox or another browser.. alot of these cookies get installed on machines by backdoors and holes in IE if you use a diff browser you will find that you get less spyware and cookies installed.
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Cookies don't get installed by backdoors, they are part of the HTML specification, and are used by many websites (good and bad),usually to store log in and/or configuration information. You can disable them in all browsers, but bear in mind a lot of websites (this one included) do not work properly if you disable cookies.
Adaware warns about cookies because companies like doubleclick CAN use them to track where you go on the Internet. AFAIK, cookies cannot be used for any really nasty purpose (although depending on the kind of sites you visit, just tracking where you go can be bad enough).
The advice about not using IE is good though. Spyware does attack IE more readily.