re: Cookies created from Ads/Links? Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 7:20 pm Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Adam Bradley (8785 messages posted) Short answer, yes a banner add or element can create a cookie. If your browser accesses their site for any content they can send a cookie back. On Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 5:27 pm, Adam wrote: >I'm not really thinking about it in terms of a security risk but more just wondering >how some of the cookies I have on my PC were created. > >There seem to be some cookies pointing to sites that I didn't visit so I was wondering >if a site I did visit has an ad or banner for another site would there be a cookie >created for that ad or banner, even if I didn't visit the advertisted site??? > > Written in response to: re: Cookies created from Ads/Links? (Adam: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 5:27 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Cookies created from Ads/Links? (Adam: Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 12:50 pm) re: Cookies created from Ads/Links? (Adam Bradley: Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 1:24 pm) re: Cookies created from Ads/Links? (Adam: Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 5:27 pm) re: Cookies created from Ads/Links? (Adam Bradley: Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 7:20 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum