Casey Wilson wrote:

This applies to rec.aviation.piloting because this is where I seem to
be picking up a "cookie" from time to time. My, albeit limited, knowledge is
that cookies come from websites, not newsgroups.
I have a software package called SpyBot that seeks out adware, cookies,
spyware and that sort of stuff. I ran SpyBot a couple days ago and it picked
up a cookie from =Avenue A, Inc.=

Google "Avenue A, Inc." cookie
Many ways you can get it

Casey Wilson
Freelance Writer and Photographer