Is it safe to do online banking and shoping with some traking cookies?
Jonny asked:
I have found Some tracking cookies on my avg virus volt and it finds them everyday i don’t go on to manny different sites mostly face book youtube and game sites. But i want to know if it is safe to do my online banking and shopping with tracking cookies? If it is not safe could anyone give me a good answer on how to make it safe please.
Thanks
It’s as safe as it ever will be.
SSL is a joke.
Your personal information is barely safeguarded by the vendors. (Major companies included)
Odds are you use the same password for just about everything.
Now, as for the tracking cookies, they are not a threat of any sort. There is absolutely NO security risk from a tracking cookie.
Tracking cookies in themselves are not necessarily bad, and it sounds like they are simply being created by the sites you are visiting as part of thier functionality. However, it might be safe to do a scan with some form of anti-spyware program – say malwarebytes antimalware. It can be downloaded from here (the trial version)
ok tracking cookies are small bits of code that appear when the computer is connected to the internet, there are used from out of the original idea of what a cookie was used for which was to help enhance your connection to the net.
some of the cookies are harmless and are used by commercial companies that buy and sell aspects about web trends, and about what sites you visit and what uses the computer has been to.
as for net security, its up to you if you want to risk it, but doing anything on line does to a degree pose a risk to personal safety to your data and bank details.
those who post cookies and some of the more commercial ISPs may have a privacy policy some don’t and some are third party policies which may involve you getting a lot of spam or adware attacks.
you can choose what cookies to receive in the control panel in internet options and you can delete the cookies in the delete section.
fundamentally the internet is becoming more of a risky place, since the scammers are trying to steal the data that will allow them to get money.