I've used a program called Cookie Pal for years. I guess most modern browsers allow you to set accept and reject lists, but as I often switch between browsers it's useful to have a single program to sort them out and alow easy housekeeping.

My AV software used to be McAfee untill they stopped me from being able to configure the program on a file basis - nevermind making the machine run slow, so I switched to Kaspersky.

This is a link to their web based scan


chris :-)