indextools.com

I have a cookie that I can't get rid of. Anyone else ever have a problem with indextools.com? I have run all the programs the only one that finds it and marks it for deletion is AdAware SE but on reboot its back. CCleaner lists it in the section where you can select what cookies to delete or keep but when I run the scan it does not show up on the list. Spybot does not see it and AVG does not alert on it either. I have tried to manually delete it but nothing seems to happen.

Thanks

 

Yes I am aware that cookies are harmless, I am just irratated that I can't get rid of it when I get rid of the other cookies. Never seen a cookie that would not delete.

 

Ok, I have done this several ways starting with how you asked me to try. I ran AdAware and let it delete the file then I went to windows explorer and checked for the file C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\cookie:administrator@indextools.com/ and find it still there.

Did a reboot anyway and checked again and the file is still there. Tried to manually delete the file ffrom the windows explorer and nothing, it just sits there. Tried deleting other cookies manually and they disappeared from the list as normal.

Went to safe mode with the Windows interface and tried the same procedures, (AdAware/Reboot, etc) and it still exists. Then tried to go to safe mode command prompt list the contents of the directory. Nothing would show up while searching that way yet upon reboot there it was.

During all this I did not bring up internet explorer, I guess it is time to give up trying.

 

As suggested I ran the error check on the HD and found nothing, but installing the ExplorerXP program showed that there was no Indextools.com cookie in either of the two above directories. Yet Windows Explorer and AdAware still show it in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files. I could not find a search function within ExplorerXP so I did not search with it to see if it was hidden anywhere.
I have a WD SATA drive and have noticed some programs give me initial errors on start but run fine otherwise, I believe you are correct that it is a file corruption that is just not showing up.

Also as to how I accessed C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files from the safe mode command prompt, when it came up it was already in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\ and I just typed in CD\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files and I was in that dir. When I did a Dir to list the contents nothing showed up except the same directory structure as listed using ExplorerXP, Windows Explorer shows 247 files.

Based on the ExplorerXP results I am not going to worry about this blip any longer.

 

Sorry must not have been clear, I can find the file with the Windows Explorer but not the file manager you had me use (ExplorerXP)