pesky tracking cookies, other

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by gonefishin, Nov 13, 2008.

  1. gonefishin

    gonefishin Private E-2

    hello, back after much time with a new computer and questions on why these reappear. for the last month when running either ad-aware or noadware, they come up with multiple items to clean such as: overture, m.webtrends, richmedia.yahoo, specificclick, ads.pointroll, insightexpressai, etc...
    I executed the readme runme for the most part and the logs are attached. I ran CleanCache instead of CCleaner.
    thanks ahead of time, the help is invaluable.
    CP
     

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    gonefishin, Nov 13, 2008
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  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    You are not going to avoid getting cookies, most are to help load in internet page faster on your next time to visit it, others send info for various reasons. They are not malware, only nuisance ware....Ad aware has become rather useless, as it makes you think you have malware problems. I would suggest removing it. I would also suggest that you clear your internet cache weekly. :)
     
    TimW, Nov 14, 2008
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  3. gonefishin

    gonefishin Private E-2

    Thanks so much Tim, I realize now an overreaction however wonder why these now show up and never did before...... no biggie. At any rate if you see anything on my logs please advise. have a good weekend.
    Chris
     
    gonefishin, Nov 14, 2008
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  4. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Your logs are clean.....you can remove any programs we had you download. :)
     
    TimW, Nov 14, 2008
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