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What are malware, viruses, Spyware, and cookies, and what differentiates them ?

What are malware, viruses, Spyware, and cookies, and what differentiates them ? "Malware" is short for malicious software and used as a single term to refer to virus, spy ware, worm etc. Malwa...
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athomasimage
14 years ago

I've spent an hour searching Google and Norton Help for this answer with NO RESULTS.

OK, After a scan, Norton 360 shows a File Insight panel.  In the panel under "Activity" it will report all the tracking cookies that have been removed. 

1 - In your help link from the File Insight panel it does not even show the panel as it appears in the application software?????

2 - Some of the tracking cookies listed in the report, some are "bolded" and some aren't.  Why the bolded ones???  Go to your site search feature and type in "Why does Norton 360 list tracking cookies in bold"  and see the no hwere even close stuff that comes up.

3 - After a scan, I put the "name.link.com/net" in my list of restricted sites (IE8/XP).  But norton 360 allows them to get back onto my computer.  What's this all about.  Can't 360 block them?????