Tracking Cookies - Aughh

Meatball · 20 May 2006 at 22:22

I've just done a spybot check to find I have a tone of tracking cookies. They're annoying. I'm running Spyware Doctor (auto-update), firefox and Spybot yet I still get loads? What gives? Any got any ideaso n how to cut them down?

Richdog · 20 May 2006 at 22:24

Download and install Spywareblaster, update then "enable all protection", problem solved. http://www.download.com/SpywareBlaster/3000-8022-10196637.html?part=dl-SpywareBl&subj=dl&tag=button

Meatball · 20 May 2006 at 22:28

Richdog said:
Download and install Spywareblaster, update then "enable all protection", problem solved. http://www.download.com/SpywareBlaster/3000-8022-10196637.html?part=dl-SpywareBl&subj=dl&tag=button

Cheers. Does that run in the background? I've just added half them websites cookies onto my block list so hopefully that will make a difference

Richdog · 20 May 2006 at 22:31

Lost-Prophet said:
Cheers. Does that run in the background? I've just added half them websites cookies onto my block list so hopefully that will make a difference

Completely in the background, no resources used, and one of the first things I install on every PC I build.

Meatball · 20 May 2006 at 22:32

Richdog said:
Completely in the background, no resources used, and one of the first things I install on every PC I build.

Cheers, it seems good. I take it Spywareblaster mainly protects against tracking cookies? It's just added loads of websites to my block websites list! :eek:

Trigger · 20 May 2006 at 22:38

I use a customised HOSTS file which redirects all the advertising websites which add the tracking cookies to localhost so it can't find them

Plus I get no adverts

Meatball · 20 May 2006 at 22:44

Trigger said:
I use a customised HOSTS file which redirects all the advertising websites which add the tracking cookies to localhost so it can't find them Plus I get no adverts

How do you do that? Thanks for your help BTW, very useful.

Meatball · 21 May 2006 at 17:58

It still hasn't solved my problem. Done another scan today to find this :eek:

what is going on here? I might set Firefox to delete all cookies when I close the browser, this is ridiculous!

Trigger · 21 May 2006 at 21:22

Download and install CCleaner (google it). Run the program and it will remove all cookies and crap etc. Then download this and do what it says in the readme (I'm sure it was in one of the stickies on here once but i can't find it

) file

Meatball · 21 May 2006 at 23:33

Trigger said:
Download and install CCleaner (google it). Run the program and it will remove all cookies and crap etc. Then download this and do what it says in the readme (I'm sure it was in one of the stickies on here once but i can't find it ) file

cheers. What does it do exactly? All I had to do is double click on the .BAT file.

The_KiD · 22 May 2006 at 09:13

Lost-Prophet said:
How do you do that? Thanks for your help BTW, very useful.

You can download the hosts file here: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

simply replace yours with theirs and it blocks 10' of thousands of known badware site's.

encephalopathy · 22 May 2006 at 12:12

goto bluetack.co.uk and download the host file manager
its free and works very well

SiriusB · 22 May 2006 at 14:08

Lost-Prophet said:
cheers. What does it do exactly? All I had to do is double click on the .BAT file.

It replaces the HOSTS file with all the addresses of known spam and ad sites. Meaning you wont have to worry about iffy sites and silly adverts anymore.

But of course, you could have read the README.... :rolleyes:

SiriusB

Meatball · 22 May 2006 at 14:22

SiriusB said:
It replaces the HOSTS file with all the addresses of known spam and ad sites. Meaning you wont have to worry about iffy sites and silly adverts anymore.

But of course, you could have read the README....

SiriusB

Cheers. Seems good so far, scanned twice today and nothing so far