philo
Sat Apr 26 15:46:07 PDT 2008
"Robert A. Macy" <macy@california.com> wrote in message
news:256a41c8-0581-4ff7-b6ce-69b570ca145a@u12g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
On Apr 26, 12:14 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Are you referring to Internet Explorer (IE), is IE6 SP1 installed, and is
> the machine fully patched at Windows Update?
> =============================
> Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1 and earlier:
>
> Description of Persistent and Per-Session Cookies in Internet
> Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223799/
>
> Per-Session Cookies Are Not Cleared Until You Close
> Browser:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224304/
>
> How to Set and Customize Cookies Settings in Internet
> Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196955/
>
> Emptying Temporary Internet Files Folder Leaves Cookies
> Files:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158769/
> ==============================
> IE6 SP1:
>
> How to Manage Cookies in Internet Explorer
> 6:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283185/
>
> How to delete cookie files in Internet Explorer
> 6...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835/
> --
> IE6-specific newsgroup:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser
>
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>
>
>
> Robert A. Macy wrote:
> > What's happening here? How do I stop this from happening?
>
> > MS Explorer on Win 98 system collects cookies like crazy even with MV
> > Host file installed..
>
> > Ok. As a test I cleared out all temp and cookies, to BLANK. Cleared
> > out Recycle Bin. Rebooted. Went to a SINGLE website to view a a tour
> > for a home. And VOILA! Thousands [well it seemed like thousands] of
> > cookies with inappropriate URL addresses insinuated themselves right
> > back again. These are cookies not even associated with the tour. How
> > is that possible?
>
> > As part of this experiment, I didn't go to any of the old URL's but
> > somehow their cookies pop right back the minute I got back on line.
> > Is there someway to stop this in the future?
>
> > Please don't tell me to delete the HISTORY files in Explorer. I
> > really need most of that.
>
> > There should be some way to alleviate this collecting of cookies.
> > Although I have to keep cookies open else can't view such tours.
> > too.
>
> > Robert- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
philo, good heads up, but different machine. note the other question
was about a Win98SE and this one was simply Win98. But has absolutely
no spyware in it.
Pa Bear, will look through these and come back later. Thanks for the
sites.
Even though I thought you had posted about the same machine...
win98 and win98se are essentially the same OS.
For you to go to just one URL and get "thousands" of cookies
is not normal at all. ( I assume you are actually getting hundreds rather
than thousands)
Though you should of course have all the critical updates that were issued
for win98/se
I'm just curious how you know you have no spyware.
Even on the machines I setup with only minimal security...
on a normal day of heavy browsing I don't get more than 50 cookies or so