Getting Started with McAfee Internet Security 5.0
Privacy Features
McAfee Internet Security’s Privacy features protect browsing and personal information that you don’t want anybody to access as a result of your surfing through the Internet.
What Cookie Blocker Does
Cookies are small files that your Web browser stores on your PC at the request of a Web server. Each time you view a Web page from the Web server, your browser sends the cookie back to the server. These cookies can act like a tag, which lets the Web server track what pages you view and how often you return to them. Some Web sites, such as Microsoft Expedia, use cookies to store your password and preferences so that you can automatically log on to the site.
McAfee Internet Security’s Cookie Blocker offers three options for controlling the use of cookies on your computer. McAfee Internet Security can:
nReject all cookies
nAccept all cookies
nDisplay an alert message each time a cookie is sent to your browser. The alert displays the name of the entity trying to set the cookie, and provides you the option either to accept the cookie or not.
When setting up Cookie Blocker in Protection Settings, you can select one option for direct sites and another for indirect sites. Direct sites are those that you deliberately access. For example: typing the URL address in the location bar of your Web browser; clicking a link in a Web page; or selecting from your list of bookmarks or favorite sites. Indirect sites are those that you access because the site you are connecting to directly displays content from another site as part of its own content. For example, if you went directly to Cool_site.com, it could display an ad from
If during the Interview, you accepted McAfee Internet Security’s recommendation on how to respond to cookies, Cookie blocker will:
MAutomatically allow cookies to be accepted from direct sites.
MBlocks cookies when indirect sites try to set a cookie.
Responding to a Cookie Blocker Alert Message
If during the Interview, you set McAfee Internet Security to prompt you for action then it will display the Cookie Blocker alert message the first time a site tries to set a cookie.
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