Hi,
Some webpages seem to have multiple cookies and AVG popups a dialog
("Ignore, Heal, Move to vault") for each and every one. This keeps
happening even if one moves the cookies to the vault, leaves the page
and returns to it. I also have AD-AWARE but this doesn't seem to block
them (unless AVG 'gets there' first, I guess!).

Is it possible to block these cookies just the once (similar to
setting a program's access status with a firewall) rather than keep on
manually blocking these cookies each time? It's driving me crazy!

Thanks.

On 08/20/2007 03:06 PM, groupie wrote:
> Hi,
> Some webpages seem to have multiple cookies and AVG popups a dialog
> ("Ignore, Heal, Move to vault") for each and every one. This keeps
> happening even if one moves the cookies to the vault, leaves the page
> and returns to it. I also have AD-AWARE but this doesn't seem to block
> them (unless AVG 'gets there' first, I guess!).
>
> Is it possible to block these cookies just the once (similar to
> setting a program's access status with a firewall) rather than keep on
> manually blocking these cookies each time? It's driving me crazy!
>
> Thanks.
>

Google for "hosts file."

groupie wrote:
....
> Is it possible to block these cookies just the once (similar to
> setting a program's access status with a firewall) rather than keep
> on manually blocking these cookies each time? It's driving me crazy!

It is with a modern browser.

With Firefox, for example, you set it to ask for all cookies, then (for
these ad cookies) click the dialog's Deny button with a check in the "Do
not ask me again" box.

Click the Allow button for cookies you need, such as your web mail, bank
sites, etc.

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> groupie wrote:
> ...
>> Is it possible to block these cookies just the once (similar to
>> setting a program's access status with a firewall) rather than keep
>> on manually blocking these cookies each time? It's driving me crazy!
>
> It is with a modern browser.
>
> With Firefox, for example, you set it to ask for all cookies, then
> (for
> these ad cookies) click the dialog's Deny button with a check in the
> "Do
> not ask me again" box.
>
> Click the Allow button for cookies you need, such as your web mail,
> bank sites, etc.

Hi Shaggy......

I followed what you said above and then decided to just leave well
enough alone. For cookies I wanted I just accepted them using your
scheme. So I changed back to what I had before. But for some reason
GMail says I have cookies turned off in Firefox. I don't. I changed it
back to "allow cookies until they expire" and nothing I do will allow
GMail to open. Any suggestions? I switched back to your method and
when the gray box came up, I *allowed* GMail to *change a cookie*.
Didn't work.

Other sites such as Yahoo and my banking ones I am having absolutely no
problem with. I can use IE7 for GMail, but would prefer not to have to.

Cheers.....Heather

Heather wrote:

> Hi Shaggy......

Howdy Figgs,

> I followed what you said above and then decided to just leave well
> enough alone. For cookies I wanted I just accepted them using your
> scheme. So I changed back to what I had before. But for some reason
> GMail says I have cookies turned off in Firefox. I don't. I changed
> it back to "allow cookies until they expire" and nothing I do will
> allow GMail to open. Any suggestions? I switched back to your
> method and when the gray box came up, I *allowed* GMail to *change a
> cookie*. Didn't work.

I would suggest you click the [ Exceptions ] button, click on the top of
the Status column (to sort by Allow/Block) and click the first Block,
hold down Shift key, scroll and click the last Block, and click the
Remove Site button at the bottom.

There is bound to be one gmail-related cookie URL in your blocked list.
Doing the above will remove all "Block" status, but this isn't a
problem; just block ad- and other unwanted cookies again later.

> Other sites such as Yahoo and my banking ones I am having absolutely
> no problem with. I can use IE7 for GMail, but would prefer not to
> have to.

IE is good for wrapping fish...

I use my email client for Gmail, and rarely visit their web site.

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:OGFyi.449405$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Heather wrote:
>
>> Hi Shaggy......
>
> Howdy Figgs,
>
>> I followed what you said above and then decided to just leave well
>> enough alone. For cookies I wanted I just accepted them using your
>> scheme. So I changed back to what I had before. But for some reason
>> GMail says I have cookies turned off in Firefox. I don't. I changed
>> it back to "allow cookies until they expire" and nothing I do will
>> allow GMail to open. Any suggestions? I switched back to your
>> method and when the gray box came up, I *allowed* GMail to *change a
>> cookie*. Didn't work.
>
> I would suggest you click the [ Exceptions ] button, click on the top
> of
> the Status column (to sort by Allow/Block) and click the first Block,
> hold down Shift key, scroll and click the last Block, and click the
> Remove Site button at the bottom.
>
> There is bound to be one gmail-related cookie URL in your blocked
> list.
> Doing the above will remove all "Block" status, but this isn't a
> problem; just block ad- and other unwanted cookies again later.

OK, I will do that. But a blonde question here, grin. Does FF
automatically put a lot of the ad cookie sites in there without me
knowing it?? I have used it for so long that I forget.

And I assume you mean for me to use your *allow/deny* method.
>
>> I can use IE7 for GMail, but would prefer not to
>> have to.
>
> IE is good for wrapping fish...
>
> I use my email client for Gmail, and rarely visit their web site.

LOL....I forward all of my GMail to OE (horrors!!, but I have made it
quite safe) but from time to time I go into the GMail website and delete
the duplicates. I use GMail for genealogy lists that are spammer
delights, so the spam does build up in there. I do wish that Rootsweb
would smarten up and not make addresses available to the great
unwashed!!

Cheers....Figgs
--
Cigarettes are killers that travel in packs.
>
> --
> -bts
> -Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

Heather wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>> Heather wrote:
>>> Hi Shaggy......
>>
>> Howdy Figgs,
>> <snippage>
>> There is bound to be one gmail-related cookie URL in your blocked
>> list. Doing the above will remove all "Block" status, but this isn't
>> a problem; just block ad- and other unwanted cookies again later.
>
> OK, I will do that. But a blonde question here, grin. Does FF
> automatically put a lot of the ad cookie sites in there without me
> knowing it??

Automatically? No, they get to be there when you either allow or deny
them. Status: "Allow/Block"

> I have used it for so long that I forget.

Birthdays: cause of memory loss.

> And I assume you mean for me to use your *allow/deny* method.

Certainement, Madame.

>>> I can use IE7 for GMail, but would prefer not to have to.
>>
>> IE is good for wrapping fish...
>>
>> I use my email client for Gmail, and rarely visit their web site.
>
> LOL....I forward all of my GMail to OE (horrors!!,

OE is good for wrapping fish...

How do you forward it to OE? Don't you just download your Gmail like
any other POP3 email?
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=1555

> but I have made it quite safe) but from time to time I go into the
> GMail website and delete the duplicates. I use GMail for genealogy
> lists that are spammer delights, so the spam does build up in there.
> I do wish that Rootsweb would smarten up and not make addresses
> available to the great unwashed!!

Toooooo late!

> Cheers....Figgs

Cheers, Figgs.

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

......How do you forward it to OE? Don't you just download your Gmail
like
.....any other POP3 email?
.....http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=1555,,,,,

Hmm.....that looks quite different from the setup I used way back when I
configured OE to receive my GMail stuff.

The reason I have it go thru GMail is due to the amount of spam that
GMail grabs. Because I only use it for 3 or 4 things, I keep that spam
away from my main address. Does that make any sense?? (VBG)

Anyway, I will get the blocking on FF sorted out and answer when I have
done so. Busy day......so on and off here. Now into designing
jewellery, and that takes up a lot of thought. And fiddley messing
about with teeny bits and pieces. But damn, I am good......LOL!!

Cheers....Figgs

"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Heather wrote:
>
>> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>>> Heather wrote:
>>>> Hi Shaggy......
>>>
>>> Howdy Figgs,
>>> <snippage>
>>> There is bound to be one gmail-related cookie URL in your blocked
>>> list. Doing the above will remove all "Block" status, but this isn't
>>> a problem; just block ad- and other unwanted cookies again later.
>>
>> OK, I will do that. But a blonde question here, grin. Does FF
>> automatically put a lot of the ad cookie sites in there without me
>> knowing it??
>
> Automatically? No, they get to be there when you either allow or deny
> them. Status: "Allow/Block"
>
>> I have used it for so long that I forget.
>
> Birthdays: cause of memory loss.
>
>> And I assume you mean for me to use your *allow/deny* method.
>
> Certainement, Madame.
>
>>>> I can use IE7 for GMail, but would prefer not to have to.
>>>
>>> IE is good for wrapping fish...
>>>
>>> I use my email client for Gmail, and rarely visit their web site.
>>
>> LOL....I forward all of my GMail to OE (horrors!!,
>
> OE is good for wrapping fish...
>
> How do you forward it to OE? Don't you just download your Gmail like
> any other POP3 email?
> http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=1555
>
>> but I have made it quite safe) but from time to time I go into the
>> GMail website and delete the duplicates. I use GMail for genealogy
>> lists that are spammer delights, so the spam does build up in there.
>> I do wish that Rootsweb would smarten up and not make addresses
>> available to the great unwashed!!
>
> Toooooo late!
>
>> Cheers....Figgs
>
> Cheers, Figgs.
>
> --
> -bts
> -Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

Heather wrote:

[this appears to be a quote:]
> .....How do you forward it to OE? Don't you just download your Gmail
> like
> ....any other POP3 email?
> ....http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=1555,,,,,
>
> Hmm.....that looks quite different from the setup I used way back when I
> configured OE to receive my GMail stuff.

Way back, Gmail POP3 may not have been available yet.

> The reason I have it go thru GMail is due to the amount of spam that
> GMail grabs.

Using POP3 access only downloads what is in the Inbox, not the Spam box.
Are you implying you get a lot of spam in the Gmail Inbox? I never get
any there, whilst accumulating maybe 300 per month in the Spam box.

> Because I only use it for 3 or 4 things, I keep that spam away from my
> main address.

Doesn't OE separate different email addresses? No? Oh my... time for a
modern email client! :-)

> Does that make any sense?? (VBG)

Not much...

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

Hi Shaggy......for your benefit, I will intersperse.....but I only do
that for *special people*.....lol.

"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FSHyi.449706$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Heather wrote:
>
> [this appears to be a quote:]

It was......8-)

>> Hmm.....that looks quite different from the setup I used way back
>> when I configured OE to receive my GMail stuff.
>
> Way back, Gmail POP3 may not have been available yet.

Don't think it was. But I did have problems with forwarding mail this
year and the link you gave me led to a diagnostic proggie which I ran
and it is A-OK now. So whatever I did before worked. Thanks for that
one.
>
> Using POP3 access only downloads what is in the Inbox, not the Spam
> box.> Are you implying you get a lot of spam in the Gmail Inbox? I
> never get any there, whilst accumulating maybe 300 per month in the
> Spam box.<<<

Sigh.....yes, that is what I meant. I knew I messed it up (the post).
Having a bad day.
>
>> Because I only use it for 3 or 4 things, I keep that spam away from
>> my
>> main address.
>
> Doesn't OE separate different email addresses? No? Oh my... time for
> a modern email client! :-)

Yes, it does separate different email addresses and no, I do not want to
use a *modern email client*. I am quite happy with (and used to) OE.

Years ago, I made the mistake of trying out Free Agent.....hated it!! I
had thought about Thunderbird, but if OE ain't broke, etc. I have it
safe-hexed and have had no problems in what.....10 years??

Off for dinner at the ever swanky Wendy's.....see you later. (G)

Heather