Heidi Luking has discovered that several of the Internet sites she has visited recently downloaded small files to her computer's hard drive even though she did not request them.The files Heidi discovered are known as crackers.

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Crackers are typically software programs used for breaking into computer systems or facilitating unauthorized access. It is unlikely that several internet sites would download crackers onto a user's computer without their knowledge or consent. It is more possible that Heidi may have mistaken the downloaded files as crackers when they were actually cookies or other types of web-based tracking technology.

Heidi Luking Has Discovered That Several of the Internet Sites