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thermal · 04-03-2005, 07:25 PM

I am so dumb when it comes to computer although i know enough to surf the web. Anyway, lately my PC has been infested by pop-ups (no... it's not porn pop-ups...lol). I have a google pop-up blocker and internet exlorer pop-up blocker which worked unbelievebably great for a while. I also have Ad-aware SE Personal installed in which I run everyday and cleans most of these bugs.

I really dont know when the problem started. It either before I tried to enable the updates or when I tried DL'ing the microsoft firewall. Each time I log into ebay, it keeps telling me that my cookie is not allowing me to log-in. I also notice that on some web-boards, including HST, I would have to keep on clicking refresh to get the updated page. On some places like H-T, it wont even allow me to log-out and all my Instant Messages would pop-up no matter how old it is, unless I clear my history.

Can anybody guide me on how to reset my cookies to its original setting? I know that it is my PC cuz this problem doesnt happen when I'm on the computer at work. Thanks

GT40FIED · 04-05-2005, 01:48 AM

Once you open explorer, click on "tools" then at the bottom you'll see "internet options". Click on that and select "delete cookies". That'll clean up most of them and if you haven't done it in forever and a day you'll probably speed up your comp a bit. Then I'd download Spybot S&D v1.3 (available at http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/ ) to take care of spyware/adware that Ad-Aware might miss (which can be quite a bit in some cases). The MS security stuff is good...considering it comes from an OEM manufacturer, but it won't stop everything (or much of anything, really) in the form of spyware/malware/adware. That's why you gots to have the Spybot and Ad-Aware, mang!

thermal · 04-05-2005, 10:29 PM

I've already cleaned up the internet explorer, cookies, history, and all that stuff mang. Gonna DL spybot tho. You da man!

04-03-2005, 07:25 PM	#1
thermal Banning Machine Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: My Garage, Va. Posts: 5,547	Cookies! I am so dumb when it comes to computer although i know enough to surf the web. Anyway, lately my PC has been infested by pop-ups (no... it's not porn pop-ups...lol). I have a google pop-up blocker and internet exlorer pop-up blocker which worked unbelievebably great for a while. I also have Ad-aware SE Personal installed in which I run everyday and cleans most of these bugs. I really dont know when the problem started. It either before I tried to enable the updates or when I tried DL'ing the microsoft firewall. Each time I log into ebay, it keeps telling me that my cookie is not allowing me to log-in. I also notice that on some web-boards, including HST, I would have to keep on clicking refresh to get the updated page. On some places like H-T, it wont even allow me to log-out and all my Instant Messages would pop-up no matter how old it is, unless I clear my history. Can anybody guide me on how to reset my cookies to its original setting? I know that it is my PC cuz this problem doesnt happen when I'm on the computer at work. Thanks __________________ Project Teg Visit the Turbo Forum

04-05-2005, 01:48 AM	#2
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 42 Posts: 7,451	Once you open explorer, click on "tools" then at the bottom you'll see "internet options". Click on that and select "delete cookies". That'll clean up most of them and if you haven't done it in forever and a day you'll probably speed up your comp a bit. Then I'd download Spybot S&D v1.3 (available at http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/ ) to take care of spyware/adware that Ad-Aware might miss (which can be quite a bit in some cases). The MS security stuff is good...considering it comes from an OEM manufacturer, but it won't stop everything (or much of anything, really) in the form of spyware/malware/adware. That's why you gots to have the Spybot and Ad-Aware, mang! __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

04-05-2005, 10:29 PM	#3
thermal Banning Machine Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: My Garage, Va. Posts: 5,547	I've already cleaned up the internet explorer, cookies, history, and all that stuff mang. Gonna DL spybot tho. You da man! __________________ Project Teg Visit the Turbo Forum

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