Just out of curiosity . . . is there a way to look up information about specific tracking cookies that Norton removes from my computer? There's not a problem (that I know of). I'm just curious.
Hi, jarhtmd. Norton gives you several options in Settings re handling of tracking cookies.
Norton Internet Security does not quarantine tracking cookies. If you choose to remove tracking cookies, you cannot restore them from the quarantine.
Ignore
Automatically ignores the tracking cookies that are detected.
Ask Me
Provides you the greatest control by notifying you when the tracking cookies are detected.
You can choose to remove or ignore tracking cookies.
If you choose to remove them automatically, then you won't have the same control, as in the Ask Me setting.
Fwiw, I have mine set to be removed.
Thanks for your reply. Actually, I also have mine set to remove also. What I was curious about is to see information (other than name) about the cookies removed . . . like maybe "xxxxx.com is used by whatever company (for friendly purposes)" or "yyyyy.com is maliciously used by crooks inc to steal your important info". I realize that Norton gives a risk evaluation low, high, whatever. I've only seen low, but my e-mail was hijacked recently & that peeked my interest. Did I go to a risky site? Obviously, I could just go to xxxxx.com or yyyyy.com, but that seems pretty risky. Is there a site (somewhere) where I can lookup various cookie sites? Maybe that's a "uneducated" request, but I'm just curious. Even if I could learn about each cookie, it well might not be useful.
Hi jarhtmd,
Tracking cookies, like all cookies, are just text files and cannot steal information from your machine or carry out any other malicious action. Tracking cookies are usually placed on a computer when you view an advertisement on a website. The cookie belongs to the advertising company. When you visit another site that also contains an ad from that company, the cookie is read by the advertising company - the company now knows that you have visited site A and site B. The more websites hosting ads by that company that you visit, the more that company can begin to connect the dots and develop marketing stategies based on the data. Tracking cookies do not follow you all around the internet and report your every move - they only tell the domain that placed the cookie when you have visited another site on which that domain has a presence. There really isn't much to know about a particular tracking cookie, other than the name of the domain that placed it - they all do the same thing.
Hi SendOfJive
So does this mean that Tracking Cookies aren't something that you need to worry about?
For example sometimes I get them and they are removed from scans and sometimes I have days where they aren't picked up at all, I'm guessing that's because I don't get them on some days?
So do you only get Tracking Cookies if there was a certain advertisement on the web page that you would visit?
Many Thanks!
SOJ's very comprehensive explanation should answer many people'squestions, re tracking cookies.
They've been around for ages and if you set Norton to remove them, then they won't be a problem.
I clean up after each browsing session,and the sites will generate cookies again, next time I visit.
Thanks F4E
I do agree!
but I just worry too much about computing stuff!
I just need to realise if anything was really wrong Norton would notify me.
Many thanks! 
Absolutely. Checking History all the time, can become a habit.
Unless Norton throws up a notification, as long as I have that green tick in the tray, I let Norton do it's thing.
That's what we're paying for !
What all of us should really worry about are evercookies/flash cookies/super cookies.
Quote from Wikipedia:
In 2013, a top-secret NSA document was leaked citing Evercookie as a method of tracking Tor users.
But if you use Firefox, you don't need to worry so long as you configure your browser settings to delete cookies automatically.
Quote from Wikipedia:
Since version 4, Firefox has treated LSO cookies the same way as traditional HTTP cookies, so they can be deleted together.
LSO, which stands for "Local Shared Objects" is another name for evercookie. Read more here.
To be extra safe, I've been using the Firefox add-on BetterPrivacy to help rid me of these pesky critters.