Every time I run CCleaner, one of the cookies is from Burstnet.com. Why are they cookie-ing me? Tom Drane
It's probably a third-party tracking cookie, and these are widely used by companies that serve up adverts to a number of websites. The cookie's presence is logged on the server when you request a page. Using its server logs, the third party can then work out which of its sites you visited, which pages you viewed and in which order. This sort of information can track which adverts you've seen, and perhaps influence which ones you will see later. Since this is done without your knowledge or consent, tracking cookies can be considered spyware. You could try to block the site by adding a line to your computer's hosts file that reads: 127.0.0.1 www.burstnet.com
