Hey Jeff,
Question; Why would you want to scan for cookies after they've been
written
to the PC when you could simply block them in the first place using
Internet
Explorer?
The point behind cookies is to monitor your activities while you are
browsing, so the 'spying' occurs while you are using the browser. By the
time
you get around to scanning and deleting cookies using an anti-spyware
application, the damage has already been done, so it's pointless. This is
why
it was removed from Defender.
Another reason is that Internet Explorer 6 added the ability to 'block'
cookies before they are written, with a separate selection for Third-party
(Tracking or Data Miner) cookies. You can choose to block all Third-party
cookies which don't affect access to sites and then either Allow, Block or
Prompt for First-Party cookies which do.
In my case, I chose to Block all Third-party and Prompt for First-party
which allows me to pick which sites save cookies. That way I usually only
get
one cookie request at a new site, generally block them or allow if I might
want to use either password, configuration, shopping-cart, or other
features
at a site I trust. After all, that's what cookies are really for.
These settings are in the Internet Options, Privacy, Advanced button
screen.
The Privacy, Web sites, Edit button displays the Per Site Privacy Actions
list with your previous 'permanent' site selections, which allows you to
remove or change them easily if needed.
I haven't had a single cookie detected by any antispyware application
since
making these changes over a year ago. If you don't believe me, look at
this
page on the Spybot Search & Destroy site where the Spybot Team, including
Patrick Kolla who develops the program, explain why they've quit adding
large
numbers of cookie detections and suggest exactly the same for several
different popular browsers.
http://spybot.safer-networking.de/en/faq/37.html
Bitman