Double Click etc.

Quietmanc

Further to an earlier post,i find that whenever I run Spybot lately,it always finds Double click,Hit box and Media plex.I always get it to fix them,but they keep coming back.I try to be careful about which sites I visit & clicking on links etc. Malwarebytes doesn't seem to locate any problem.Are these dangerous-should I be worried about putting CC details into a secure site? Any info gratefully received.Thanks.

fermi

Presumably it is "tracking" "or advertising" cookies that it is removing?

If so, then they are so common on the net and major sites that you can hardly do anything online without getting a few.

You can block some with browser extensions/software, or limit what sites can can use cookies with your browser if you really want. For most people that is probably too much effort and hassle though. Just Running something like SpyBot S&D regularly to clean them out is probably enough for most.

tronator

Quietmanc wrote: »

Further to an earlier post,i find that whenever I run Spybot lately,it always finds Double click,Hit box and Media plex.I always get it to fix them,but they keep coming back.I try to be careful about which sites I visit & clicking on links etc. Malwarebytes doesn't seem to locate any problem.Are these dangerous-should I be worried about putting CC details into a secure site? Any info gratefully received.Thanks.

These are tracking cookies and not "dangerous" as such, but they keep track of websites you visited to display more personalized ads.

If you use Firefox you could install Adblock+ and the problem is gone. Additionally I use the extension Cookieculler which removes all cookies at the start of Firefox except those I protect (MSE for instance).