HELP, is this a virus?

[Dragorn]

Me and my dad were buying minecraft for me, and the thingy took ages to transfer through, so we cancelled it, we checked the paypal account again and it said it went through. I just scanned my computer and found C:\Documents and Settings\matt\Cookies\[email protected][1].txt
C:\Documents and Settings\matt\Cookies\[email protected][1].txt
C:\Documents and Settings\matt\Cookies\[email protected][1].txt

Are these viruses?

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[GoldenMerc]

I think they may just be tracking cookies, google use them loads of sites use them to find where your going etc...

[Special]

they're just cookies, they're harmless :)

[Mikey]

Don't worry about it, it's not a virus :)

[Apolva]

Nope, they're just tracking cookies you get from visiting certain sites.

The reason it's listing them as a "threat" is they can be used by some sites for market research (to see which sites currently participating in the same research scheme you've been to).

[The Professor]

They're after you... they know where you are!