Cookies?

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Running Xp w/ SP2. I see a lot of copies of cookies popping up when I
manually delete spyware junk cooking. I've run AdAware and Spybot which
purportedly deletes junk in the registry. Anyone know what generates copies
of cookies and how to get rid of the copying?
 
The spyware is probably doing the deed.

Software tools can help get rid of spyware, but they're no panacea. In the
first place, a spyware detector/remover won't do much good if you don't keep
it regularly updated. Secondly, you often have to try several spyware
detector/removers before you come across one that can effectively deal with
the particular spyware on your computer.

Third, if you tried to manually remove the spyware before applying a
software tool you may have impaired the ability of the software to remove
the infection. And finally: The finest software in the world won't keep
spyware off your computer if you haven't adopted safe computing practices.
By far, you are the first and best defense against spyware.

Try other spyware removers. (There are extensive lists of these in many
posts to this newsgroup.) If you know the name of the particular spyware on
your computer, you may be able to find specific removal instructions on the
web sites of the major anti-spyware software developers. If nothing else
helps you may need to reinstall Windows, or you may need to erase your hard
disc and reinstall all your software. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
 
r1 said:
Running Xp w/ SP2. I see a lot of copies of cookies popping up when I
manually delete spyware junk cooking. I've run AdAware and Spybot
which purportedly deletes junk in the registry. Anyone know what
generates copies of cookies and how to get rid of the copying?
Click to expand...

Many sites that you can hit browsing around load other cookies besides their
own. Lots of those cookies will report back to other sites that load the
same cookie.

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http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
 
CT Cookie Spy from www.Camtech2000.com is useful for
checking cookies.


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message | | > Running Xp w/ SP2. I see a lot of copies of cookies
popping up when I
| > manually delete spyware junk cooking. I've run AdAware
and Spybot
| > which purportedly deletes junk in the registry. Anyone
know what
| > generates copies of cookies and how to get rid of the
copying?
|
| Many sites that you can hit browsing around load other
cookies besides their
| own. Lots of those cookies will report back to other
sites that load the
| same cookie.
|
| --
| Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
| Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
| http://www.fjsmjs.com
| Protect your PC
| http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
|
|
 
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