Responding To A Cookie Blocker Alert Message - McAfee GUARD DOG 2 User Manual

Privacy Features

Responding to a Cookie Blocker alert message

If during the Interview, you told Guard Dog to prompt you for action then it
will display the Cookie Blocker alert message the first time a site tries to set a
cookie.
You can respond to the alert message in the following ways:
If you choose
Accept always
Never accept
Each time that you visit a site that appears in either the Allowed or Rejected
list, Guard Dog adds the number of cookies accepted or rejected to the list. You
can see the totals for a Web site in Browser Buddy.
If you change your mind about a site, you can remove it from the Allowed or
Rejected list in Cookie Blocker settings. The next time that you visit that site it
will be as if you are visiting it for the first time. If you want to remove cookies
for a site from which you've previously accepted cookies, run a CheckUp and
remove the cookies for that site.
Ó TIP: You can run CheckUp so that it only looks for cookies. On the Guard
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Dog Home screen, click Options, click CheckUp Settings, then clear all
options except Cookie Check. After you are finished with the CheckUp,
don't forget to change back your settings.
Table 5-1.
Guard Dog does this
Accepts the cookie and adds the site to the
Allowed list. The next time you go to that site, all
cookies from that site are allowed automatically.
Rejects the cookie and adds the site to the
Rejected list. The next time you go to that site, all
cookies from that site are refused
automatically.(In some cases, the cookie may be
written to your local hard disk, but your privacy
is protected because the cookie is nevr sent back
to the requesting page.)