a question about ccleaner

what exactly does ccleaner remove i wanna know before i run it cause i dont want it to remove things i want to keep ya know

 

CCleaner is a great program and I have had know problems using it as it is configured. If you use it to clean your registry check yes for the back-up option, though infact I have never had to use it with CCleaner. Hope that helps

 

how can i get it to just remove the cookies and temporary files and nothing else

 

I agree with BCGray.

Take a look at post #12 in http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=94835; it has some screen shots from CCleaner. Also, CCleaner has a "Quick Tour ..." on their site. It can be helpful to new users.

Note: If you download the "Standard" version, it includes the Yahoo toolbar but you can easily elect not to install that by unchecking a box on a screen that appears soon after starting the CCleaner installation.

 

CCleaner's main feature is removing cookies, temp and old files etc.

It has a very basic Registry cleaner included, accessed in the "issues" button.


To clean temp files etc, you simply start the program, and select Run Cleaner.

To exclude certain cookies, Options->Cookies, or you can uncheck files and folders in the Windows and Applications tab.

If you don't want to use the Registry scan, don't click "issues".

If you want to check what it will find, without deleting anything, you can use "Analyze".

It can also uninstall programs, same as Add/Remove, via the Tools menu, but it also has a delete feature for entries that are hard to remove once uninstalled.

 

so i run it with the default settings and click run cleaner right

 

Yes, it will remove what's ticked in Windows and Applications tabs.

Read the steps I posted, it's pretty simple.

 

run crap cleaner but make sure you do not let the tea timer option run

 

Isn't tea timer part of Spybot?

 

ok i ran ccleaner now do i turn off system restore and restart my computer

how do i turn off system restore

 

No, you don't need to turn off System Restore. Not a good idea.

And no, you don't need to restart.

 

ok panda achive scan says im clean should i run it again just to make sure

 

Unless you didn't let it remove anything it may have found there is no reason to run the scan again right now.

 

Insomniac I think MOUMANTAI might be referrring to advise recieved in Malware with regards to running CCleaner then turning off System Restore to erase any nasties stored in its files

MOUMANTAI in answer to your last question "should I run it again"? I run CCleaner every day just to delete any and ALL garbage that may have been picked up, it is a great utility to have around.

Sorry Toni 1947 slow on the keyboard today your right on my reread

 

@ BCGray

When Major Geeks comes to the rescue we are all on top of each other and I think it's cool to get so much help so quickly....so...no prob!

 

thier back the same blasted 4 spware cookies are back panda just caught them again

after panda said i was clean i turnned off my laptop but i didnt turnj of system restore

then i turned my laptop back on and went back to the panda scan link and panda cauught the same 4 spyware cookies as last time look

sigh i guess im infested with spyware

oh and i didnt mean should i run ccleaner again i ment should i run panda again

 

You are going to get cookies 9 out of 10 sites you visit...that's NORMAL.
They are simple text files that help identify you at the website that placed them on your machine and are NOT a major threat.
CCleaner deletes them when you run it.

 

but why are they called spyware when thier not

i think i went to those sites once but i havnt been back since

 

You can turn off System Restore after you have used CCleaner but you do have to do so knowing that you will not be able to restore to any previous point other than the present. Go to Control Panel/System/System Restore/ Check Turn off System Restore then apply.MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU THEN GO BACK AND TURN SYSTEM RESTORE BACK ON Otherwise you will have NO system restore Hope that helps

 

They are called spyware...and mistakenly IMO...because they identify you to the website that placed them.
Tribal Fusion is the cookie you get here at MGs,PCWorld uses Double Click (if I remember right)

See this:
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=94561

 

i think i have been to pc world a few times when i was looking for info about wmp 11 and ie7 but i hadnt been there today

ok so tribalfusion is for major geeks i did log in before i went to the panda scan link so that explains that

but the others i dont know where the others came from

 

You should only turn System Restore off, after you have disinfected your machine.

Not smart doing it before. No files in System Restore are active till a Restore Point is used, and it's better having an infected Restore Point than none at all.


Anyway, MediaPlex and DoubleClick are tracking cookies used by various and numerous websites.

If they concern you, delete them from your folder C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Cookies\

 

are those two cookies harmless if they areb ill leave them on there

 

Yes.

 

they dont slow down my internet or anything do they

how do they track me oh and where is


C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Cookies\

 

Information About Cookies on Microsoft.com
http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.mspx

CCleaner will delete cookies when you run it.
You don't have to LOOK for them.

 

but those 4 coookies came back and i didnt even go to those sites except for mg

 

Another way to see them:

Q. How to See Cookies You've Accepted:
A. In Internet Explorer 6.0

On your tool bar, click:

1.Tools, then

2.Internet Options.

3.Under the tab General (the default tab) click

4.Settings, then

5.View Files.

 

ok i removed those 4 cookies but i bet theyll be back

should i do a system restore how do i do that cause i wanna be free of these menaces

im guessing it happens when you shut down your computer right

 

Time for 'Tough Love'
You are stressing out over NOTHING to be worried about!
You DO NOT need to do a system restore and YES, the cookies will be back and a bunch more than you have now.
They are part of the Internet and part of the way it works.
They are not DANGEROUS.

 

oh good ok then thanks so much for your help guys your all lifesavers

 

Once..I removed all of my registry.. with CCleaner..

 

You can't remove "all of your registry with CCleaner". That's impossible.

Any registry program can cause problems if not used correctly.

That's why they have a backup feature, and why creating a Restore Point prior is a good idea.