>
> Hi All,
>
> Can some body explain the following:
>
> 1) Can a Web Bug (i.e., display of an image file from a third
> party web site) be a security problem?
I don't know about it.
> 2) Does it cause a cookie to be sent from the browser to that
> third party web site?
About that, yes, it is used by advertisers to get cookies when you visit a
website where they have put (paying $$) such an image.
When your browser download this image, it must make a connection to the
advertiser's website where this image comes from, and so they can ask to
your browser to accept a cookie.By this way, this third party web site can put and read cookies that your
browser have accepted visiting different web sites, because they all come
from the same advertiser's web site (and so they can gather different
information about you : what kind of sites you are usual to visit, so what
are your interests...).I must have learned all that here : www.searchlores.org
Regards
Jean-François
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