Windows Antispyware

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David Ungar

Have installed the new recommended Microsoft Antispyware, but my old Ad
Aware still picks up Tracking Cookies!
Suggestions please...

David U.
 
No one spyware program will pick up everything. That is the reason to run
several...
 
David said:
Have installed the new recommended Microsoft Antispyware, but my old
Ad Aware still picks up Tracking Cookies!
Suggestions please...

David U.

MASB does not look for cookies, tracking or otherwise.
 
So delete all your cookies.

Internet Explorer | Tools | Internet Options |
General tab | Delete Cookies button | Click Yes

Delete Cookies button
[[Click this to delete all cookies from your machine.

A cookie is a file created by a Web site that stores information on your
computer, such as your preferences when visiting that site.
For more information about cookies, see Internet Explorer Help]]

While your at it, clean out your Temporary Internet Files folder.

To delete *all* of your Temporary Internet Files...

1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | Click 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. Also close OE.
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 >>
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
AND
%userprofile%\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.
6) You can also click on the Clear History button to empty your History
folder.

If you want, try this: Open IE | Tools | Internet Options | Advanced tab |
scroll down to the bottom | check: Empty Temporary Internet Files folder
when browser is closed | click Apply | OK. Entirely up to you, but if you
want to be rid of this, it is done automatically. Deletes the content of
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files but not the Content.IE5 or Content.MSO folders.

Also: Start IE | Tools | Internet Options | General tab | Days to keep
pages in history: 0 | Apply | OK.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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