Undeletable "cookie"

[Richard Cramer]

Hi. My Windows XP system has started freezing, usually
when I access the Internet via http or nntp. There has also
appeared a "cookie" in Temporary Internet Files that I
cannot delete. This "cookie" has a non-printable file name
that Windows Explorer cannot display, but it appears to
be about 12 characters long. Clicking on Properties reveals
that the "cookie" is 88 bytes long and has a "cache name"
of AdMiN@CoMcAsT[0]0tXt, where the 0 is actually a
character displayed as a narrow hollow vertical rectangle.
The "X" in "tXt" is an upper case "x". It appears that the
tXt" is to disguise a file (perhaps an executable file) as a
..txt file, and I therefore have avoided opening it.

"Admin" is my account username on the PC, and it has
administrator privileges. "Comcast" is my ISP. I have no
Comcast software installed that I know of, and I suspect
the name segment "AdMiN@CoMcAsT" was synthesized
automatically from these two names.

I have run a full system scan with Ad-Aware and Norton
Anti-Virus, but no malware was found.

Does anyone know what's going on and how I can get
rid of this "cookie"?

#That's Him! That's Cramer!#

 

[José Gallardo]

Try this: Restart in safe mode (when BIOS screen turns black, hit several times F8 and choose that option), login in an Administrator account, and go to folder X:\Documents and Settings\[your_account]\cookies. See if you can delete the cookie manually.

 

[Richard Cramer]

The "cookie" is not in the Cookies folder. It's in the
Temporary Internet Files folder. And no, I still couldn't
delete it in safe mode.

#That's Him! That's Cramer!#


in quoted_printable:
Try this: Restart in safe mode (when BIOS screen turns black,
hit several times F8 and choose that option), login in an
Administrator account, and go to folder
X:\Documents and Settings\[your_account]\cookies. See if
you can delete the cookie manually.

 

[José Gallardo]

See if this helps:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

The "cookie" is not in the Cookies folder. It's in the
Temporary Internet Files folder. And no, I still couldn't
delete it in safe mode.

#That's Him! That's Cramer!#


in quoted_printable:
Try this: Restart in safe mode (when BIOS screen turns black,
hit several times F8 and choose that option), login in an
Administrator account, and go to folder
X:\Documents and Settings\[your_account]\cookies. See if
you can delete the cookie manually.

Hi. My Windows XP system has started freezing, usually
when I access the Internet via http or nntp. There has also
appeared a "cookie" in Temporary Internet Files that I
cannot delete. This "cookie" has a non-printable file name
that Windows Explorer cannot display, but it appears to
be about 12 characters long. Clicking on Properties reveals
that the "cookie" is 88 bytes long and has a "cache name"
of AdMiN@CoMcAsT[0]0tXt, where the 0 is actually a
character displayed as a narrow hollow vertical rectangle.
The "X" in "tXt" is an upper case "x". It appears that the
tXt" is to disguise a file (perhaps an executable file) as a
.txt file, and I therefore have avoided opening it.

"Admin" is my account username on the PC, and it has
administrator privileges. "Comcast" is my ISP. I have no
Comcast software installed that I know of, and I suspect
the name segment "AdMiN@CoMcAsT" was synthesized
automatically from these two names.

I have run a full system scan with Ad-Aware and Norton
Anti-Virus, but no malware was found.

Does anyone know what's going on and how I can get
rid of this "cookie"?

#That's Him! That's Cramer!#

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Cookies are text files. I.e. somename.txt. They can be opened with
Notepad.

wesley p. vogelatcomcast[1].txt I chaged the @ sign to at because OE
tries to make a hyperlink. This is a cookie from comcast.net for me.

I did the same here... AdMiNatCoMcAsT[1].tXt This is a cookie from
comcast.net for someone named admin. Ring any bells??

What happens if you drag AdMiNatCoMcAsT[1].tXt out of the TIF folder to
the Desktop and try to delete it??

As with anything involving Temporary Internet Files, this gets
confusing.

The "cookies" in the Temporary Internet Files Folder are just pointers
to
the real cookies.

Real cookies are stored here >>
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Cookies

The Delete Cookies button deletes the cookies here >>
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Cookies

But it also deletes the pointers to the real cookies here >>
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet
Files

If you manually delete a cookie file from the Temporary Internet Files
folder, both the pointer to the Cookies folder and the cookie file
located
in the Cookies folder are deleted.

If you delete a cookie from the cookies folder it leaves the pointer to
the
cookie behind. But it's worthless. Just like a shortcut that does not
point to anything.

To delete a cookie
1 In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
2 On the General tab, click Settings, and then click View files.
3 Select the cookie you want to delete, and then, on the File menu,
click
Delete.

To delete all of the cookies on your computer, click Delete Cookies on
the
General tab.

To delete *all* Temporary Internet Files...

1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK
Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop.
Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options.
Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed.
Especially
if there are a large number of files.
2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete
Files
3) Check the box Delete all offline content {This cleans >>
C:\Documents
and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files AND
C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5 and \Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program)
4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes
the
temporary internet files
5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies
that
websites have placed on your hard drive.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

The "cookie" is not in the Cookies folder. It's in the
Temporary Internet Files folder. And no, I still couldn't
delete it in safe mode.

#That's Him! That's Cramer!#


in quoted_printable:
Try this: Restart in safe mode (when BIOS screen turns black,
hit several times F8 and choose that option), login in an
Administrator account, and go to folder
X:\Documents and Settings\[your_account]\cookies. See if
you can delete the cookie manually.

Hi. My Windows XP system has started freezing, usually
when I access the Internet via http or nntp. There has also
appeared a "cookie" in Temporary Internet Files that I
cannot delete. This "cookie" has a non-printable file name
that Windows Explorer cannot display, but it appears to
be about 12 characters long. Clicking on Properties reveals
that the "cookie" is 88 bytes long and has a "cache name"
of AdMiN@CoMcAsT[0]0tXt, where the 0 is actually a
character displayed as a narrow hollow vertical rectangle.
The "X" in "tXt" is an upper case "x". It appears that the
tXt" is to disguise a file (perhaps an executable file) as a
.txt file, and I therefore have avoided opening it.

"Admin" is my account username on the PC, and it has
administrator privileges. "Comcast" is my ISP. I have no
Comcast software installed that I know of, and I suspect
the name segment "AdMiN@CoMcAsT" was synthesized
automatically from these two names.

I have run a full system scan with Ad-Aware and Norton
Anti-Virus, but no malware was found.

Does anyone know what's going on and how I can get
rid of this "cookie"?

#That's Him! That's Cramer!#

 

[RYRY]

comcast!!!!!!! that is it. that is bad. get spyware search and destroy.
www.google.com and then search it.

 

[RYRY]

i can show you how to not make hyperlinks. you right-click it then
properties and then select the text that has the so-called "site". then
delete it.

--
RYRY

Cookies are text files. I.e. somename.txt. They can be opened with
Notepad.

wesley p. vogelatcomcast[1].txt I chaged the @ sign to at because OE
tries to make a hyperlink. This is a cookie from comcast.net for me.

I did the same here... AdMiNatCoMcAsT[1].tXt This is a cookie from
comcast.net for someone named admin. Ring any bells??

What happens if you drag AdMiNatCoMcAsT[1].tXt out of the TIF folder to
the Desktop and try to delete it??

As with anything involving Temporary Internet Files, this gets
confusing.

The "cookies" in the Temporary Internet Files Folder are just pointers
to
the real cookies.

Real cookies are stored here >>
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Cookies

The Delete Cookies button deletes the cookies here >>
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Cookies

But it also deletes the pointers to the real cookies here >>
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet
Files

If you manually delete a cookie file from the Temporary Internet Files
folder, both the pointer to the Cookies folder and the cookie file
located
in the Cookies folder are deleted.

If you delete a cookie from the cookies folder it leaves the pointer to
the
cookie behind. But it's worthless. Just like a shortcut that does not
point to anything.

To delete a cookie
1 In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
2 On the General tab, click Settings, and then click View files.
3 Select the cookie you want to delete, and then, on the File menu,
click
Delete.

To delete all of the cookies on your computer, click Delete Cookies on
the
General tab.

To delete *all* Temporary Internet Files...

1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK
Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop.
Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options.
Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed.
Especially
if there are a large number of files.
2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete
Files
3) Check the box Delete all offline content {This cleans >>
C:\Documents
and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files AND
C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5 and \Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office program)
4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes
the
temporary internet files
5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies
that
websites have placed on your hard drive.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

The "cookie" is not in the Cookies folder. It's in the
Temporary Internet Files folder. And no, I still couldn't
delete it in safe mode.

#That's Him! That's Cramer!#


in quoted_printable:
Try this: Restart in safe mode (when BIOS screen turns black,
hit several times F8 and choose that option), login in an
Administrator account, and go to folder
X:\Documents and Settings\[your_account]\cookies. See if
you can delete the cookie manually.

Hi. My Windows XP system has started freezing, usually
when I access the Internet via http or nntp. There has also
appeared a "cookie" in Temporary Internet Files that I
cannot delete. This "cookie" has a non-printable file name
that Windows Explorer cannot display, but it appears to
be about 12 characters long. Clicking on Properties reveals
that the "cookie" is 88 bytes long and has a "cache name"
of AdMiN@CoMcAsT[0]0tXt, where the 0 is actually a
character displayed as a narrow hollow vertical rectangle.
The "X" in "tXt" is an upper case "x". It appears that the
tXt" is to disguise a file (perhaps an executable file) as a
.txt file, and I therefore have avoided opening it.

"Admin" is my account username on the PC, and it has
administrator privileges. "Comcast" is my ISP. I have no
Comcast software installed that I know of, and I suspect
the name segment "AdMiN@CoMcAsT" was synthesized
automatically from these two names.

I have run a full system scan with Ad-Aware and Norton
Anti-Virus, but no malware was found.

Does anyone know what's going on and how I can get
rid of this "cookie"?

#That's Him! That's Cramer!#

 

[Wesley Vogel]

RYRY,

(e-mail address removed)

That does work if you're careful with the Enter key.

Nope.

(e-mail address removed)

All you have to do is Save the message.

What am I missing?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

i can show you how to not make hyperlinks. you right-click it then
properties and then select the text that has the so-called "site".
then delete it.

--
RYRY

Cookies are text files. I.e. somename.txt. They can be opened with
Notepad.

wesley p. vogelatcomcast[1].txt I chaged the @ sign to at because OE
tries to make a hyperlink. This is a cookie from comcast.net for me.

I did the same here... AdMiNatCoMcAsT[1].tXt This is a cookie from
comcast.net for someone named admin. Ring any bells??

What happens if you drag AdMiNatCoMcAsT[1].tXt out of the TIF folder
to the Desktop and try to delete it??

As with anything involving Temporary Internet Files, this gets
confusing.

The "cookies" in the Temporary Internet Files Folder are just
pointers to
the real cookies.

Real cookies are stored here >>
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Cookies

The Delete Cookies button deletes the cookies here >>
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Cookies

But it also deletes the pointers to the real cookies here >>
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet
Files

If you manually delete a cookie file from the Temporary Internet
Files folder, both the pointer to the Cookies folder and the cookie
file located
in the Cookies folder are deleted.

If you delete a cookie from the cookies folder it leaves the pointer
to the
cookie behind. But it's worthless. Just like a shortcut that does
not point to anything.

To delete a cookie
1 In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
2 On the General tab, click Settings, and then click View files.
3 Select the cookie you want to delete, and then, on the File menu,
click
Delete.

To delete all of the cookies on your computer, click Delete Cookies
on the
General tab.

To delete *all* Temporary Internet Files...

1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK
Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop.
Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options.
Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed.
Especially
if there are a large number of files.
2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete
Files
3) Check the box Delete all offline content {This cleans >>
C:\Documents
and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files AND
C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet Files\Content.IE5 and \Content.MSO (Created by an MS Office
program) 4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop
after it deletes the
temporary internet files
5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies
that
websites have placed on your hard drive.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

The "cookie" is not in the Cookies folder. It's in the
Temporary Internet Files folder. And no, I still couldn't
delete it in safe mode.

#That's Him! That's Cramer!#


in quoted_printable:
Try this: Restart in safe mode (when BIOS screen turns black,
hit several times F8 and choose that option), login in an
Administrator account, and go to folder
X:\Documents and Settings\[your_account]\cookies. See if
you can delete the cookie manually.


:
Hi. My Windows XP system has started freezing, usually
when I access the Internet via http or nntp. There has also
appeared a "cookie" in Temporary Internet Files that I
cannot delete. This "cookie" has a non-printable file name
that Windows Explorer cannot display, but it appears to
be about 12 characters long. Clicking on Properties reveals
that the "cookie" is 88 bytes long and has a "cache name"
of AdMiN@CoMcAsT[0]0tXt, where the 0 is actually a
character displayed as a narrow hollow vertical rectangle.
The "X" in "tXt" is an upper case "x". It appears that the
tXt" is to disguise a file (perhaps an executable file) as a
.txt file, and I therefore have avoided opening it.

"Admin" is my account username on the PC, and it has
administrator privileges. "Comcast" is my ISP. I have no
Comcast software installed that I know of, and I suspect
the name segment "AdMiN@CoMcAsT" was synthesized
automatically from these two names.

I have run a full system scan with Ad-Aware and Norton
Anti-Virus, but no malware was found.

Does anyone know what's going on and how I can get
rid of this "cookie"?

#That's Him! That's Cramer!#

 

[Richard Cramer]

What happens if you drag AdMiNatCoMcAsT[1].tXt out of the
TIF folder to the Desktop and try to delete it??

It can't be dragged. The error msg appears:
"Cannot move file: Cannot read from the source file or disk."

As with anything involving Temporary Internet Files, this gets
confusing.

The "cookies" in the Temporary Internet Files Folder are just
pointers to the real cookies.

Real cookies are stored here >>
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Cookies

The Delete Cookies button deletes the cookies here >>
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Cookies

But it also deletes the pointers to the real cookies here >>
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet
Files

If you manually delete a cookie file from the Temporary Internet Files
folder, both the pointer to the Cookies folder and the cookie file
located in the Cookies folder are deleted.

If you delete a cookie from the cookies folder it leaves the pointer
to the cookie behind. But it's worthless. Just like a shortcut that
does not point to anything.

To delete a cookie
1 In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
2 On the General tab, click Settings, and then click View files.
3 Select the cookie you want to delete, and then, on the File menu,
click Delete.

The file does not go away.

To delete all of the cookies on your computer, click
Delete Cookies on the General tab.

To delete *all* Temporary Internet Files...

1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK
Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop.
Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options.
Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed.
Especially if there are a large number of files.
2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click
on Delete Files
3) Check the box Delete all offline content {This cleans >>
C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files AND
C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 and \Content.MSO
(Created by an MS Office program)
4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after
it deletes the temporary internet files
5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to
delete cookies that websites have placed on your hard drive.

Those are various routes to the Temporary Internet Files
folder, and all attempts to delete the file left in it fail.


#That's Him! That's Cramer!#

Richard Cramer hunted and pecked:

The "cookie" is not in the Cookies folder. It's in the
Temporary Internet Files folder. And no, I still couldn't
delete it in safe mode.

#That's Him! That's Cramer!#


in quoted_printable:
Try this: Restart in safe mode (when BIOS screen turns black,
hit several times F8 and choose that option), login in an
Administrator account, and go to folder
X:\Documents and Settings\[your_account]\cookies. See if
you can delete the cookie manually.

Hi. My Windows XP system has started freezing, usually
when I access the Internet via http or nntp. There has also
appeared a "cookie" in Temporary Internet Files that I
cannot delete. This "cookie" has a non-printable file name
that Windows Explorer cannot display, but it appears to
be about 12 characters long. Clicking on Properties reveals
that the "cookie" is 88 bytes long and has a "cache name"
of AdMiN@CoMcAsT[0]0tXt, where the 0 is actually a
character displayed as a narrow hollow vertical rectangle.
The "X" in "tXt" is an upper case "x". It appears that the
tXt" is to disguise a file (perhaps an executable file) as a
.txt file, and I therefore have avoided opening it.

"Admin" is my account username on the PC, and it has
administrator privileges. "Comcast" is my ISP. I have no
Comcast software installed that I know of, and I suspect
the name segment "AdMiN@CoMcAsT" was synthesized
automatically from these two names.

I have run a full system scan with Ad-Aware and Norton
Anti-Virus, but no malware was found.

Does anyone know what's going on and how I can get
rid of this "cookie"?

#That's Him! That's Cramer!#

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Richard,

Some things to look at.

You Cannot Delete a File or a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320081

Delete A File That Is Seemingly "Undeletable"
http://www.theeldergeek.com/delete_undeletable_file.htm

---

Delete - Can't Delete Files or Folders
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm#del

Delete - AVI, MPG... files (access denied error)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm

Scroll down to Delete - AVI, MPG... files (access denied error)
---

How To Delete "Undeletable" Files And Folders In XP
http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#8

"Access Denied" Error Message When You Try to Delete a File
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=298345

You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081

You Receive an "Access Denied" Error Message When You Delete Folders
from a Mounted Drive
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=319368

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

What happens if you drag AdMiNatCoMcAsT[1].tXt out of the
TIF folder to the Desktop and try to delete it??

It can't be dragged. The error msg appears:
"Cannot move file: Cannot read from the source file or disk."

As with anything involving Temporary Internet Files, this gets
confusing.

The "cookies" in the Temporary Internet Files Folder are just
pointers to the real cookies.

Real cookies are stored here >>
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Cookies

The Delete Cookies button deletes the cookies here >>
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Cookies

But it also deletes the pointers to the real cookies here >>
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet
Files

If you manually delete a cookie file from the Temporary Internet
Files folder, both the pointer to the Cookies folder and the cookie
file located in the Cookies folder are deleted.

If you delete a cookie from the cookies folder it leaves the pointer
to the cookie behind. But it's worthless. Just like a shortcut that
does not point to anything.

To delete a cookie
1 In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
2 On the General tab, click Settings, and then click View files.
3 Select the cookie you want to delete, and then, on the File menu,
click Delete.

The file does not go away.

To delete all of the cookies on your computer, click
Delete Cookies on the General tab.

To delete *all* Temporary Internet Files...

1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK
Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop.
Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options.
Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed.
Especially if there are a large number of files.
2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click
on Delete Files
3) Check the box Delete all offline content {This cleans >>
C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files AND
C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 and \Content.MSO
(Created by an MS Office program)
4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after
it deletes the temporary internet files
5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to
delete cookies that websites have placed on your hard drive.

Those are various routes to the Temporary Internet Files
folder, and all attempts to delete the file left in it
fail.


#That's Him! That's Cramer!#

Richard Cramer hunted and pecked:

The "cookie" is not in the Cookies folder. It's in the
Temporary Internet Files folder. And no, I still couldn't
delete it in safe mode.

#That's Him! That's Cramer!#


in quoted_printable:
Try this: Restart in safe mode (when BIOS screen turns black,
hit several times F8 and choose that option), login in an
Administrator account, and go to folder
X:\Documents and Settings\[your_account]\cookies. See if
you can delete the cookie manually.


:
Hi. My Windows XP system has started freezing, usually
when I access the Internet via http or nntp. There has also
appeared a "cookie" in Temporary Internet Files that I
cannot delete. This "cookie" has a non-printable file name
that Windows Explorer cannot display, but it appears to
be about 12 characters long. Clicking on Properties reveals
that the "cookie" is 88 bytes long and has a "cache name"
of AdMiN@CoMcAsT[0]0tXt, where the 0 is actually a
character displayed as a narrow hollow vertical rectangle.
The "X" in "tXt" is an upper case "x". It appears that the
tXt" is to disguise a file (perhaps an executable file) as a
.txt file, and I therefore have avoided opening it.

"Admin" is my account username on the PC, and it has
administrator privileges. "Comcast" is my ISP. I have no
Comcast software installed that I know of, and I suspect
the name segment "AdMiN@CoMcAsT" was synthesized
automatically from these two names.

I have run a full system scan with Ad-Aware and Norton
Anti-Virus, but no malware was found.

Does anyone know what's going on and how I can get
rid of this "cookie"?

#That's Him! That's Cramer!#