Re: Help! Where are these cookies from?

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 08/21/02


From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 01:07:41 -0700

A web page can source images from sites other than
the one you are viewing, and any site providing content
to your browser can (try to) place cookies on your system.

--
Roger Abell
MS MVP (Windows Platform), MCSE, MCDBA
Associate Expert - Windows XP ExpertZone
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"paula" <paula22ng@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:562701c248cc$6d428740$35ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA11...
> Hi,
>
> Everytime I connect to the internet I get cookies from:
>
> bfast.com
> doubleclick.net
> atdmt.com
> x10.com
>
> I have never been to these places and have no idea where
> are these places. I try to delete these cookies and it
> seems that the cookies are gone. But next time I connect
> to the internet, these cookies come back automatically.
> Where are these cookies from? Why can I get cookies from
> the palces I don't visited?
>
> Thank you for your help.


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