How to know which cookie belongs to which site?

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I want to find and delete the cookie set by
http://www.cdc.gov/ on my computer. Doing it through the
Internet Option deletes all cookies, so I don't want to do
that. But where and how to find the cookie for this
particular site?
 
pont said:
I want to find and delete the cookie set by
http://www.cdc.gov/ on my computer. Doing it through the
Internet Option deletes all cookies, so I don't want to do
that. But where and how to find the cookie for this
particular site?
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1. Start/Programs/Accessories/Windows Explorer. Then open the + marks
beside C Drive, find cookies folder and manually delete the offending cookie
in the right pane.

2. Internet Option.....click on Settings (beside Delete Files), click on
View.....and delete from there.

As I use Windows ME.......the wording may vary a tad, but you should be able
to use either method.

Cheers....Heather
 
pont said:
I want to find and delete the cookie set by
http://www.cdc.gov/ on my computer. Doing it through the
Internet Option deletes all cookies, so I don't want to do
that. But where and how to find the cookie for this
particular site?
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This site doesn't set a cookie.

OB.
 
Beauregard T. Shagnasty said:
"The site mtrics.cdc.gov wants to set a cookie."

http://www.cdc.gov/JScript/stdLauncher.js
Look for: function poll()
called by: <body onUnload ="Poll(); return true;">

There is other cookie code in the various JavaScript files, as well as
browser sniffers. :-(
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Yes I see that, but the op wanted a cookie from the above site. The js
popup from:
foreseeresults.comis set, along with all the other crap but the main
siteitself sets no cookie. You gave the op more info on what to look for
than the other responders but deleting allthe cookie is the best way to go.
They will just get thecookies back as they go. Just don't go back to that
site. :) OB.
 
Old Boozer <oldboozer1950 wrote:

You gave the op more info on what to look for than the other
responders but deleting allthe cookie is the best way to go. They
will just get thecookies back as they go. Just don't go back to
that site. :) OB.
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The OP could look in the cookie directory (assuming IE) and delete
only the cookies that are named <name>@cdc.gov. IE places each cookie
as a separate file <sigh>, each of which will take up some number of
kilobytes.

Modern browsers have much better cookie managers. For example, when
that warning came up, I just clicked Deny and that site can no longer
ever set a cookie, in Firefox. Unless of course, I go into the cookie
manager and remove the domain name.
 
1. Start/Programs/Accessories/Windows Explorer. Then open the + marks
beside C Drive, find cookies folder and manually delete the offending cookie
in the right pane.
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Where is the cookie folder?
2. Internet Option.....click on Settings (beside Delete Files), click on
View.....and delete from there.
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This launches C:\Documents and Settings\Enduser\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files

This is the cookie folder?
 
pont said:
Where is the cookie folder?
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C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Cookies

IE cookies are all separate files, with the site name as part of the
file name. Delete the ones you don't want (probably most of 'em).
 
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