Do ads, banners, and links create cookies? For example, if I visit a site and there 
is a banner ad for Amazon.com or eBay.com on the page, will I have a cookie created 
by those sites as well as the site I'm on at that time? 

Is there any reason for a cookie to be created for a site that you didn't actually 
load or view? 

Thanks.

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re: Cookies created from Ads/Links? Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 1:24 pm Posted by Adam Bradley (8787 messages posted) Note: this applies to the big names that run standard banner ads, the ones that hijack your computer are a different matter and should be obliterated on site. You do load/view part of it, the adds themselves, they use the cookies for statistics and such. Some panic over it and while it is a good idea to clear cookies out every now and then it is not a huge deal. Before you panic about them stealing your identity remember the big name advertisers are not going to do something that will get them sued off the internet nor are they interested in targeting a single person, it is just data collection. On Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 12:50 pm, Adam wrote: >Do ads, banners, and links create cookies? For example, if I visit a site and there >is a banner ad for Amazon.com or eBay.com on the page, will I have a cookie created >by those sites as well as the site I'm on at that time? > >Is there any reason for a cookie to be created for a site that you didn't actually >load or view? > >Thanks. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Cookies created from Ads/Links? Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 5:27 pm Posted by Adam (219 messages posted) 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??? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Cookies created from Ads/Links? Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 7:20 pm Posted by Adam Bradley (8787 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??? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum