i am not an expert in this but all i know is that every night when my avg anti virus software runs in the morning it shows two cookies from webtrends m webtrends txt and m webtrends txt m webtrends txt b xxxxxx webtrends has put something on my computer and avg anti virus says it is an infection and a potentially dangerous object i visit sites like the new york times et al and i know they put cookies on my computer but avg anti virus doesn't consider them to be infections or potentially dangerous objects so something must be up can you explain why avg anti virus points out the webtrends cookies thanks in advance