How to get rid of unnecessary cookies?

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Walter R.

Using IE6, WinXP SP2

My cookies go up at the rate of 100 per week. They now stand at 2000. This
does not make sense.

I have set the privacy tab at Medium High. When I go to sites like the NY
Times, I get bombarded with 7 or more cookies, which are blocked by IE6.

In spite of this blocking action by IE6, my cookie jar keeps getting bigger.
(Docs & Settings > User > Cookies)

I could just delete all cookies but then I have to reestablish sites that
depend on cookies to let me in or to customize my settings. That's a real
pain!

What to do??
 
Walter said:
Using IE6, WinXP SP2

My cookies go up at the rate of 100 per week. They now stand at 2000. This
does not make sense.

I have set the privacy tab at Medium High. When I go to sites like the NY
Times, I get bombarded with 7 or more cookies, which are blocked by IE6.

In spite of this blocking action by IE6, my cookie jar keeps getting bigger.
(Docs & Settings > User > Cookies)

I could just delete all cookies but then I have to reestablish sites that
depend on cookies to let me in or to customize my settings. That's a real
pain!

What to do??
Click to expand...

Download and install Crap Cleaner (www.ccleaner.com). Before running the
Clean Up feature, go into Options and select cookies you want to keep
and then do the clean up and all the cookies you don't want will be
gone. Don't mess with the Registry feature.

Alias
 
Walter R. said:
Using IE6, WinXP SP2

My cookies go up at the rate of 100 per week. They now stand at 2000. This
does not make sense.

I have set the privacy tab at Medium High. When I go to sites like the NY
Times, I get bombarded with 7 or more cookies, which are blocked by IE6.

In spite of this blocking action by IE6, my cookie jar keeps getting bigger.
(Docs & Settings > User > Cookies)

I could just delete all cookies but then I have to reestablish sites that
depend on cookies to let me in or to customize my settings. That's a real
pain!

What to do??
Click to expand...

Download and install CCleaner.

It will take you a lot of time the first time , but you can go to

Options - Cookies

Move the ones you want to save to the right column.

When done, run the cleaner and everything else will be GONE forever.

Keep track of what you visit and make sure to save those cookies
before running CCleaner again (with cookies checked).

It works with both IE and Firefox cookies.

Richie Hardwick
 
Walter said:
Using IE6, WinXP SP2

My cookies go up at the rate of 100 per week. They now stand at 2000. This
does not make sense.

I have set the privacy tab at Medium High. When I go to sites like the NY
Times, I get bombarded with 7 or more cookies, which are blocked by IE6.

In spite of this blocking action by IE6, my cookie jar keeps getting bigger.
(Docs & Settings > User > Cookies)

I could just delete all cookies but then I have to reestablish sites that
depend on cookies to let me in or to customize my settings. That's a real
pain!

What to do??
Click to expand...

Have you considered using two browsers ? You can have one less
used browser, where you keep the cookies. And a second more
used browser, where you delete all cookies daily. I use two
browsers (and only have Adobe Flash installed on one of
them).

Paul
 
Walter R. said:
Using IE6, WinXP SP2

My cookies go up at the rate of 100 per week. They now stand at 2000. This
does not make sense.

I have set the privacy tab at Medium High. When I go to sites like the NY
Times, I get bombarded with 7 or more cookies, which are blocked by IE6.

In spite of this blocking action by IE6, my cookie jar keeps getting
bigger. (Docs & Settings > User > Cookies)

I could just delete all cookies but then I have to reestablish sites that
depend on cookies to let me in or to customize my settings. That's a real
pain!

What to do??
Click to expand...
I use CookiePal which allows me to answer Yes, No, Always and Never when a
cookie request comes in.

Galen
 
Years ago I used Cookie Pal. Now IE and other some other browsers
provide that capability. Using IE I generally set 1st-party cookies to a
"Prompt" and all 3rd-party cookies to "Block". You can modify the
default action for cookie handling with Internet Options, Privacy, Adv.
Tic/Check "Override automatic Cookie Handling" and make your
choices. Over time you can selectively choose which cookies to allow
sites to place and which ones to reject. Then occasionally use one of
the online scans that can detect malicious or known questionable site
cookies to modify your rejection table and remove those that shouldn't
be alllowed.
 
Walter R. said:
Using IE6, WinXP SP2

My cookies go up at the rate of 100 per week. They now stand at 2000. This
does not make sense.

I have set the privacy tab at Medium High. When I go to sites like the NY
Times, I get bombarded with 7 or more cookies, which are blocked by IE6.

In spite of this blocking action by IE6, my cookie jar keeps getting
bigger. (Docs & Settings > User > Cookies)

I could just delete all cookies but then I have to reestablish sites that
depend on cookies to let me in or to customize my settings. That's a real
pain!

What to do??
...
Click to expand...

I use Zone Alarm for my AV. It cleans up the cookies on
each overnight run, tells me what they are, and offers the
default, which I always accept, of accepting its
actions. From one to about 16 a day depending on my
browsing.
 
Using IE6, WinXP SP2

My cookies go up at the rate of 100 per week. They now stand at 2000.
This does not make sense.

I have set the privacy tab at Medium High. When I go to sites like the
NY Times, I get bombarded with 7 or more cookies, which are blocked by
IE6.

In spite of this blocking action by IE6, my cookie jar keeps getting
bigger. (Docs & Settings > User > Cookies)

I could just delete all cookies but then I have to reestablish sites
that depend on cookies to let me in or to customize my settings. That's
a real pain!

What to do??
Click to expand...

I use a free program called Cookie Monster which will let you manage your
cookies:

http://www.ampsoft.net/utilities/CookieMonster.php
 
Using IE6, WinXP SP2

My cookies go up at the rate of 100 per week. They now stand at 2000. This
does not make sense.

I have set the privacy tab at Medium High. When I go to sites like the NY
Times, I get bombarded with 7 or more cookies, which are blocked by IE6.

In spite of this blocking action by IE6, my cookie jar keeps getting bigger.
(Docs & Settings > User > Cookies)

I could just delete all cookies but then I have to reestablish sites that
depend on cookies to let me in or to customize my settings. That's a real
pain!

What to do??
Click to expand...

D/l Cookiewall from AnalogX - you can add/delete , temp keep any and
all cookies .
 
Walter R. said:
How would that solve the cookie problem??
Click to expand...

It won't. "Unkown" probably just had nothing better to do at the time
that was asked.

Richie Hardwick
 
Richie Hardwick said:
Walter R. said:
How would that solve the cookie problem??
Click to expand...

It won't. "Unkown" probably just had nothing better to do at the time
that was asked.
Click to expand...

Google for CCleaner....it's Free
Among other features you can save the cookies you want to keep and delete
the rest with one click.
 
olfart said this on 12/18/2008 5:17 PM:
Richie Hardwick said:
Walter R. said:
How would that solve the cookie problem??
Click to expand...
It won't. "Unkown" probably just had nothing better to do at the time
that was asked.
Click to expand...

Google for CCleaner....it's Free
Among other features you can save the cookies you want to keep and delete
the rest with one click.
Click to expand...
Cookie Monster allows you to setup a list of valid cookies to keep and
it will clean all the others. I've use this a lot. Killed about 1000
of them the other week. It works for Firefox 3 and IE (so its a bit
flexible) if you decide to change browsers.
 
olfart said:
Richie Hardwick said:
Walter R. said:
How would that solve the cookie problem??
Click to expand...

It won't. "Unkown" probably just had nothing better to do at the time
that was asked.
Click to expand...

Google for CCleaner....it's Free
Among other features you can save the cookies you want to keep and delete
the rest with one click.
Click to expand...

<sigh>

I'm not the person with the cookie problem.

Richie Hardwick
 
olfart said:
Richie Hardwick said:
Walter R. said:
How would that solve the cookie problem??
Click to expand...

It won't. "Unkown" probably just had nothing better to do at the time
that was asked.
Click to expand...

Google for CCleaner....it's Free
Among other features you can save the cookies you want to keep and delete
the rest with one click.
Click to expand...

AND I already recommended that to the OP yesterday:

=====
Download and install CCleaner.

It will take you a lot of time the first time , but you can go to

Options - Cookies

Move the ones you want to save to the right column.

When done, run the cleaner and everything else will be GONE forever.

Keep track of what you visit and make sure to save those cookies
before running CCleaner again (with cookies checked).

It works with both IE and Firefox cookies.
=====

Richie Hardwick
 
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