cannot delete cookies

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Ulrich

I tried to delete my cookies with several methods. Impossible to delete them.
They stay there in the temporary internet folder. Do I have a virus or
something?
 
Usually I delete them manually, I tried also with the internet option panel
and with norton, they stay there... maybe they are in some .dat file so i
need to deleted these files. its really a mess...
 
If you are doing CTRL + A | DELETE | ENTER then it maybe trying to delete
the insex.dat file first. What I'd try is CTRL + A & holding CTRL down,
de-select the index.dat file then press DEL | ENTER

What are your results now?
 
Ulrich said:
Usually I delete them manually, I tried also with the internet option panel
and with norton, they stay there... maybe they are in some .dat file so i
need to deleted these files. its really a mess...
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Download CCleaner. It will delete what you want deleted.
 
ccleaner works great, thanks a lot. Its nevertheless amazing that i need an
externel program just to do such a simple task than deleting files...
 
Ulrich said:
I tried to delete my cookies with several methods. Impossible to
delete them. They stay there in the temporary internet folder. Do I
have a virus or something?
Click to expand...

If the dates of the files are today, or between today and the last time
you booted the computer, you are probably fine. If you can't delete any
of them though, that could be a problem. My first suggestion would be
to run anti virus application followed by up to 3 different anti spyware
programs. If they don't do anything, then come back and explain in as
much detail as you can, what your situation is. Are you using an admin
account to delete them?

HTH,

Twayne`
 
I found the problem: in the internet options panel conserve favourite
websites must be unchecked otherwise it conserves them all...
 
Which suggests that you have IE8 installed, something you've neglected to
mention in your previous posts.
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