A Cookie is a very small file that is being sent to your computer by the web site that you are visiting. The primary purpose of a cookie file is to identify the visitor of the web site for customization. For example, you accessed a shopping web site and the web site will save a cookie file to your computer. This cookie file will contain an identification tag, which is commonly a set of numbers. When you visit the shopping site again, the web site will look for the cookie file that they saved on your computer and match your identification tag with their record on their server. In this way, they will know that you already visited them before and they can customize their web page to you, like putting "Welcome back to our shopping site" on their home page.
With the use of the cookie file, the web site can also auto populate forms with the information that you already provided to them before. The server can also know if what were the advertisements that were already presented to you so that they can show you different ones. It will be a rotation of advertisements. That is why if you delete the cookies from your computer, you will notice that the advertisement that is being showed on the web page that next time you visit it is the very first advertisement that you saw the first time you visited the web site.
The cookie files can be opened using the Notepad but there is no relevant information that you will find in it. You will just see a couple of codes, which is your identification tag for the web site that you accessed.
Each web sites that downloads cookies to the computer will have their own cookie files stored on your computer when you visit them until you delete them. Not all web sites downloads cookie files to the computer.
The cookie files cannot download virus or spyware to your computer, or snoop information on your computer.
It is just alright to set your browser not to accept cookies from web sites because you will still be able to view their web pages with no problem, however, there are web sites that really require that the browser accepts cookies, else, you will not be able to view their web pages, this is especially true with online job application sites. Because of this, you have to set your browser to accept cookies. Do not worry, it will not do any harm to your computer.
Here are the steps to accept cookies for the Safari 3.1.2 for Windows operating system.
1. Double-click the SAFARI icon on the desktop view to launch it.
2. Click the EDIT menu on the Safari toolbar across its top and choose PREFERENCES....
3. Click the SECURITY icon.
4. Mark the ALWAYS option for "Accept cookies:".
5. Click the [X] button on the top right corner of the Security window.
With the use of the cookie file, the web site can also auto populate forms with the information that you already provided to them before. The server can also know if what were the advertisements that were already presented to you so that they can show you different ones. It will be a rotation of advertisements. That is why if you delete the cookies from your computer, you will notice that the advertisement that is being showed on the web page that next time you visit it is the very first advertisement that you saw the first time you visited the web site.
The cookie files can be opened using the Notepad but there is no relevant information that you will find in it. You will just see a couple of codes, which is your identification tag for the web site that you accessed.
Each web sites that downloads cookies to the computer will have their own cookie files stored on your computer when you visit them until you delete them. Not all web sites downloads cookie files to the computer.
The cookie files cannot download virus or spyware to your computer, or snoop information on your computer.
It is just alright to set your browser not to accept cookies from web sites because you will still be able to view their web pages with no problem, however, there are web sites that really require that the browser accepts cookies, else, you will not be able to view their web pages, this is especially true with online job application sites. Because of this, you have to set your browser to accept cookies. Do not worry, it will not do any harm to your computer.
Here are the steps to accept cookies for the Safari 3.1.2 for Windows operating system.
1. Double-click the SAFARI icon on the desktop view to launch it.
2. Click the EDIT menu on the Safari toolbar across its top and choose PREFERENCES....
3. Click the SECURITY icon.
4. Mark the ALWAYS option for "Accept cookies:".
5. Click the [X] button on the top right corner of the Security window.
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