Tracking cookies are used extensively in the advertising and market research field. It provides detailed information on purchasing patterns of a company's sales and marketing structure, enhancing the advertisement to reach the targeted audience. These tracking cookies do not come under the Malware category because they will not harm your computer in any way. However, they keep track of your activity on a site, and if you don’t prefer it, you can very well get rid of them. Some free antivirus software like Avira, AVG Antivirus Free, Spybot Search & Destroy, IObit, and SuperAntiSpyware offers features to track cookies and remove them. Besides, cleaning programs, malware removal tools such as MAXA Cookie Manager, No More Cookies, and CCleaner can be used to eliminate the tracking cookies. Using the SuperAntiSpyware software, you can automatically detect and remove the tracking cookies. It detects them as Adware.Tracking Cookies, and you can select them to be removed or left on your computer. Continue reading this page to get free antivirus that detects tracking cookies.
Follow these steps to turn off the Adware tracking cookies feature on your SuperAntiSpyware.
- On your Windows computer, launch the SuperAntiSpyware software by double-clicking the SuperAntiSpyware shortcut icon on the desktop.
- If you are using Macintosh, double-click the antivirus icon at the dock.
- If it is not present in the dock panel, click the shortcut icon on the menu bar to get free antivirus that detects tracking cookies.
- Once the antivirus software opens, go to the Preferences tab.
- Select the Scanning Control tab and turn off the 'Adware.Tracking Cookies' feature.
- Once you have disabled this option, you cannot scan, detect, or remove the tracking cookies.