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1. 1 On November 17th, 2008, Sly_Old_Mole said:

   As you browse the Netflix site, cookies are placed on your computer's hard drive. (Cookies are small pieces of data that are sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your hard drive for record keeping purposes.) In general, cookies can make the Web more useful by storing information about your preferences on a particular site. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user's computer. If your browser is set to not accept cookies, you will not be able to use the Netflix site or service.

   In addition to cookies, we use other technologies, including pixel tags, to gather information on how our users interact with our site and to otherwise help us efficiently operate and monitor our site and service. These technologies, show us, for example, popular pages, conversion rates, click-throughs and other information that can be used to improve, operate and monitor our site and our service. Third parties, including consultants we engage and online advertisers, may also use this technology to perform similar services for us as well as to assess their own advertising or services.

   If you block 3rd party cookies this should cut down on your cookies.

   I would also run:

   http://www.download.com/SUPERAntiSpyware-Free-Edition/3000-8022_4-10523889.html
   References :
   http://www.pchell.com/reviews/netflix.shtml

   http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2006/03/netflix_spyware.html

   http://news.earthweb.com/security/article.php/3592706

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