butch1 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I am using CC verson 5.02.5101 and noticed that there are cookies from web sites that I have not even visited. What is that all about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted February 8, 2015 Moderators Share Posted February 8, 2015 More info would help such as: * Windows version (and is it 32-bit or 64-bit). * Web browser you use and version. * Do you use an ad blocking add-on in your browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted February 8, 2015 Moderators Share Posted February 8, 2015 And in your browser, what control have you put on cookies, accept all, block, ask me? I'm guessing those cookies are from pop-ups or drive-bys. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butch1 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 I use WIn 7 64 bit and cc cleaner 64 bit. FIrefox V23. here are pics of other things you asked about, hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted February 9, 2015 Moderators Share Posted February 9, 2015 So to confirm, do you read eBooks and download them onto your computer? (First 2 cookies) Any one, perhaps under 18, use your PC? The last cookie is from mega.nz which is mass storage (cloud storage) and file sharing. Any of these may have arrived as adverts or 3rd party cookies for sites you did go to. I'd not worry about them and just let ccleaner remove them. ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butch1 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 I don't do ebooks/ nor have kids under 18. Retired empty nester, It just seemed odd to see those cookies albeit they showed up as 0 bytes and cleaned. In previous versions of CC cleaner I never encountered this. Oh well as long as it shows up as deleted cookies, I just was concerned as I never went to those sites. Thanks for the advise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordR Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 This is a common problem. A lot of sites I visit dump tracking cookies/adware/spyware.I suspect some websites get a fee from the spyware and advertising companies if allowed to pollute their own websites. I Googled cookie names I didn't recognize and complied a list of tracking and advertising cookies. I use Internet Explorer so was able to go into Tools>Internet options>privacy>sites and I entered the list and selected 'block' for each item I entered. That really cut down on the number of cookies I see when I go Into CCleaner>Options>Cookies. A new wrinkle has recently been added: I'm pretty sure that some websites are paying Piriform to render their spyware unremovable using CCleaner. If I go into CCleaner cookie list, I now see tracking cookies that were NOT removed by running CCleaner. You can right click on these cookies to get a pop-up pane that includes 'Delete now'. The cookies disappear from view but if you select the 'Cleaner' option, then go back to the 'cookies' list without even running the cleaner function, the adware/tracking cookies you just individually deleted are all back. I upgraded to a recent version - not the current one - and found almost no cookies were removed...maybe 3 or 4 on a list of 20. I went to FileHippo and downloaded a previous edition that worked better, V4.19.4867 Sample nasty cookies that defy deletion include cxense.com and googleads.g.doubleclick.net What's worse is the fact that blocking these cookies using the IE>Tools>Internet options>Privacy>sites doesn't work. They can't be blocked and they can't be removed. Sucks doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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