I had used Alaware to download games for some time as a good site. Suddenly I find they have started installing 4 tracking cookies with the game!
I spent several days trying to find out where these cookies were coming from on line, only to discover when I started the current game the cookies were back.
Once again I am thinking of playing games on a second hard drive not connected to the internet. They could track all they want, it wouldn't do them any good.

sarahandus, all websites place cookies on your computer. It's the type of cookies that are of concern.

I just finished reading their entire privacy policy and they have not changed. They do not use clear gifs to track your movements off their website only regular cookies to see what you do on their website. This is normal.

You can always block invasive tracking cookies by going here. I go there every couple weeks to make sure they are still being blocked or I re-block them.

Alawar is a safe site to download from.

Ana

Thanks, Ana. It's good to understand these distinctions and I'm sure a lot of folks appreciate this information.

Ana, Thank you for this link.

Thank you very much Ana for the very useful link

Bernie

YOu all are very welcome.

Ana

Thanks Ana

Dunn

You are welcome Dunn!

Ana

I've used the Opt Out Tool Ana linked to in addition to another one called Do Not Track Plus for a long time now. Do Not Track Plus even blocks things like the hundreds of trackers used by Facebook. You can get it here... Do Not Track Plus The thing I like about Do Not Track Plus is that it even tells you exactly what trackers it has blocked.

THanks Drac! I am downloading now.

Ana

I have both of them on all three of my browsers.

Thanks for the link, Draclvr.

I see they use the opt-out website as their way to cut off the cookies also. It's interesting to see what is on each website.

Ana

Thanks for this link - I am already amazed at what trackers there are on different sites I use.
Kathy

Thanks for the two links. I am using both of them now. Opt Out will not let me opt out of all the trackers though.

Thanks for the link Ana. T just opted out of those cookies!

These cookies aren't the ones installed on your browser, they are installed in Windows in the documents and settings.
I used "Suuperantispyware weekly to keep these little beasties off my PC. If Superantispyware calls it a tracking cookie, it's a tracking cookie.
These cookies are in the game, every time I start to play it they are installed.
If anyone is interested the game is "Ominous Threat Ominous Shores.

None of these cleaners are 100% correct. You can see here on Supantispyware forums that they have a lot of false positives. If you are in doubt, contact Alawar and ask them. I am hesitant to think that put tracking cookies in their software.

Ana

Thanks Drac

downloaded from the link you gave,

wow, one news site had 10 tracking cookies ,

man that's harsh.

Dunn