Category Archives: Tracking Cookies
Xiti.com
If you often see Xiti.com on the address bar in your browser, it means that your web browsing habits are being monitored by a tracking cookie. You might as well have several tracking cookies working on your browser because they seldom come alone. Although tracking cookies can be used by multiple services and websites, they should always ask you for your consent regarding the cookie use. If you do not feel comfortable about Xiti.com tracking your online activity, you can opt out or simply reset your browser settings, thus deleting everything associated with this cookie from your browser. ...
Bridgetrack
Bridgetrack might sound like something important, but in reality, it is merely a tracking cookie that might pull you off the track once in a while. Tracking cookies are not immediate computer security threats, but any researcher out there would tell you that it would be better to get rid of them. It is not complicated to remove Bridgetrack, so the sooner you terminate it, the better. ...
EPilot
Tracking cookies are used by a number of different websites these days. It is no longer a secret that ads might use them as well. EPilot is one of the tracking cookies you may encounter if you browse the web every day. You might find it placed under Cookies on your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome after your short visit to a website using this tracking cookie or after clicking on a certain commercial advertisement that uses it to obtain more information about those users who have found the advertisement interesting and clicked on it. ...
PointRoll
PointRoll is a browser cookie that might be used to track users and show them targeting advertising material. According to our specialists, the tracking cookie might be used on sizmek.com or other websites related to it. As the application’s developers claim, the tool does not gather any personal information that would help identify the user. Therefore, it is not considered to be malicious or threatening to the user’s privacy. Nonetheless, if you hate being tracked and do not want PointRoll to store any information related to your browsing habits you should not hesitate to eliminate it. ...
Xnxx
If you see a cookie called Xnxx on your browser, it means you or someone using your computer has visited an adult website called xnxx.com. It places the mentioned cookie on its visitors’ browsers so it could gather their search keywords. Our specialists say the application does not record any other information or do anything else. Therefore, if you were worried whether it could be dangerous, you should be relieved to know Xnxx is not malicious. The only reason why we would recommend erasing it is if you do not want the mentioned website to track you while you browse it. ...
Gator
Gator is an older tracking cookie. Even though it was detected back in 2010 for the first time, specialists suspect that some users might encounter it these days as well. Theoretically, some websites might still use it to keep some information about users even though it seems that the company behind it has already been closed and its official website (http://www.gatorcorporation.com/) is down too. Of course, we suspect that it is not longer as prevalent as it used to be some time ago. In fact, there is a possibility that only a handful of users, especially those who have been using the same web browser since 2010 and have never reinstalled their OS, will encounter Gator these days too. ...
Targetnet
Targetnet is an old tracking cookie that was created in 2009. Old cookies are not necessarily dead these days; however, researchers who have analyzed Targetnet suspect that users no longer encounter it because the company behind it, which we suspect is some kind of advertising company that used to deliver advertising campaigns, is no longer alive judging from the fact that its official website (Targetnet.com) is down. Of course, if you are using the same computer and the default web browser for years and have never reinstalled your Windows OS, it is very likely that you have found the same tracking cookie (Targetnet) which was dropped on your system years ago. ...
ZEDO.com
If you have accepted cookies from the ZEDO.com advertising network, there are a few things you need to think about. These cookies are programmed to collect information, and you might be uncomfortable with that, considering that the services are not really worth putting your virtual security at risk for. Now, we do not claim that the cookies used by the advertising network are malicious, but, without a doubt, there are things you need to think about. For example, do you want the company and its partners to know what you search for or what sites you browse on? ...
WebtrendsLive
Do not freak out if you have come across WebtrendsLive. It is not the name of malicious software, we can assure you that. Instead, this name belongs to one of the tracking cookies possibly developed by the Webtrends company (https://www.webtrends.com/). Answering your main question – no, WebtrendsLive is not really malicious; however, some tracking cookies might be associated with privacy-related problems and provide more information about you to third parties (even cyber criminals!) than you wanted to. Speaking about WebtrendsLive, it is far from being malicious, but if you feel uncomfortable knowing that it has been dropped on your system without your knowledge, feel free to delete WebtrendsLive at any time. ...
Engage
Engage is known to be a tracking cookie. It was detected in 2000-2001 for the first time and it is already inactive, so it is not very likely that you will ever encounter it these days. Theoretically, even though this tracking cookie has been dead for a long time, you can still find it listed next to cookies from other websites on the web browser you use, but this would only be possible if you have been using the same web browser and computer all those years and have never reinstalled the Windows OS your device runs on, which, of course, is not very likely. ...