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  1. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #1

    Tracking cookies


    On the systems where I use MSE, I notice a big influx of tracking cookies. That is not the case on the systems with NIS. I have no idea where those buggers come from because I am 80% on the forum page and occasionally I go to some other technical website to research information.
    Every morning I run SAS and it finds 12 to 35 of those buggers. Questions:

    1. Could they be coming from the forum
    2. Why with MSE and not with NIS
    3. Is it possible that SAS "invents" them

    Here is the situation after a couple of hours on the forum with 3 or 4 visits to some technical websites:

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  2. Nem
    Posts : 375
    Win7 Home Premium x64 SP1, Archlinux x86_64. Elementary Luna
       #2

    Doesn't NIS automatically delete tracking cookies after scanning/cleaning?..
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  3. Posts : 622
    Arch Linux 64-bit
       #3

    Nem said:
    Doesn't NIS automatically delete tracking cookies after scanning/cleaning?..
    By default, it asks you what to do. You can set it to ignore, ask or automatically delete tracking cookies.

    A simple way of reducing the tracking cookies you get is to set your browser to not accept 3rd party cookies.
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  4. Nem
    Posts : 375
    Win7 Home Premium x64 SP1, Archlinux x86_64. Elementary Luna
       #4

    Yeah was just wondering as maybe that's the reason he has them with MSE and not NIS.
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  5. JMH
    Posts : 7,952
    Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit. SP1.
       #5

    whs said:
    On the systems where I use MSE, I notice a big influx of tracking cookies. That is not the case on the systems with NIS. I have no idea where those buggers come from because I am 80% on the forum page and occasionally I go to some other technical website to research information.
    Every morning I run SAS and it finds 12 to 35 of those buggers. Questions:

    1. Could they be coming from the forum
    2. Why with MSE and not with NIS
    3. Is it possible that SAS "invents" them
    whs,
    My surfing habits are similar to yours.
    I run SuperAntiSpyware Pro, update daily, & scan when offline.
    SAS has never found a tracking cookie here.
    I would suggest that SF is not responsible for the cookies found on your computer.
    On logging out of SF a message is always received saying "All cookies cleared!
    As for SAS "inventing" them, I think highly unlikely.
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  6. Posts : 622
    Arch Linux 64-bit
       #6

    Like JMH types, it is not likely that one and three are true.

    If you want to check whether Norton has removed tracking cookies you can look in 'Resolved Security Risks' in Norton's history. You should already know, though, as Norton is a pain and will pop-up red claiming security risks have been found and fixed even though it has only found tracking cookies.
    Last edited by malexous; 26 May 2010 at 09:52.
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  7. Posts : 71,978
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #7

    Hello Wolfgang,

    Could you post the name of the cookie files? This will help ID who they may belong to.

    These are the ones from us at VF, EF, and SF:
    Tracking cookies-cookies.jpg
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  8. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Thanks everybody. Next time I catch them I will try to find their real names in the Roaming folder-
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  9. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Here is a selection of those buggers. I really wonder from where they come:

    Adware.Tracking Cookie
    C:\Users\whs\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\whs@mediaplex[2].txt
    C:\Users\whs\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\whs@cdn.at.atwola[2].txt
    C:\Users\whs\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\whs@atwola[2].txt
    C:\Users\whs\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\whs@ad.yieldmanager[3].txt
    C:\Users\whs\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\whs@bluestreak[2].txt
    C:\Users\whs\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\whs@serving-sys[2].txt
    C:\Users\whs\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\whs@doubleclick[2].txt
    C:\Users\whs\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\whs@ar.atwola[3].txt
    C:\Users\whs\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\whs@at.atwola[1].txt
    C:\Users\whs\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\whs@apmebf[3].txt
    C:\Users\whs\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\whs@bs.serving-sys[2].txt
    C:\Users\whs\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\whs@tacoda[1].txt
    C:\Users\whs\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\whs@ar.atwola[1].txt
    C:\Users\whs\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\whs@advertising[2].txt
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  10. Posts : 8,608
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit SP1
       #10

    I use CookieWall Network Downloads : CookieWall /// AnalogX

    Configure it to 'prompt' and scan every 60 seconds. Delete cookies that you don't want ... save cookies you wand to keep. Click on add/remove and press "ok" so you won't be presented with the same group of cookies over and over again
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Tracking cookies-cookiewall.jpg  
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