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How do I get rid of tracking cookies manually?

How do you get rid of tracking or roaming cookies?

  • Every five minutes I get alittle pop up add that says tracking cookie found.. then it gets removed.. but my computer is slowing down greatly. How do I get rid of them

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    You might want to first change your fire wall to a higher setting, Then go to Glary Utilitys, they are most awesome for cleaning up and organizing computers and you can get a free copy. I can only say good things for Glary Utility.

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Ad-Aware http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.lavasoft.com/single/trialpay.php&ei=W0ujSbXlKY_ftgeMuInXBA&sa=X&oi=smap&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=1&usg=AFQjCNFJrPFpNfO7y_Z1mSErUbBoDbDS5w Just install it, then scan your computer (it may take awhile.) AFter you get the results, go to the Privacy Objects tab and select all the cookies. Then delete them. I hope this works!

HOW TO REMOVE COOKIES: This is the 'best' way to do it in Internet Explorer 7: Close IE and Windows Explorer, click on: Start > Run > type inetcpl.cpl > ENTER The Internet Properties box will pop up. Click on: General tab > Browsing history 'Delete...' > Delete Cookies > Yes > Close > OK In Firefox: Click on: Tools > Options > Privacy > Show Cookies > delete individual cookies or all cookies. ---------------------------------- Tracking cookies aren't a great threat and, even after you delete them, they will come back as you surf the web, so you'll keep finding them. That's normal. You can control cookies through your browser. HOW TO CONTROL YOUR COOKIES In IE7, click on: 'Tools' > 'Options' > 'Privacy' > 'Advanced' > Override automatic cookie handling Allow First-party cookies and block Third-party cookies. First-party cookies are set by the web site you are actually visiting and some won't work without cookies enabled. Third-party cookies are set by e.g. advertisers on that web site, these are the ones you particularly don't want. You could set First-party cookies to 'prompt' but you'll probably find it annoying after a short while. If you're using Firefox, click on: Tools > Options > Privacy Accept first-party cookies, don't accept third-party ones, keep until you close Firefox and select to clear private data when you close Firefox. If you use SpywareBlaster it will ban cookies (and ActiveX) from known bad sites: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html CCleaner is a useful free tool for clearing away the minor crap like cookies. Get the SLIM build (no added toolbar) here: http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds/downloading-slim

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