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BANNED
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 23:09
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Who ever gets told by their anti - virus programme that cookies are virus's. I can't even get on this website without having to delete the cookie afterwards. Its anoying, anyone else get this problem. [ Tuesday, February 28, 2006 23:10: Message edited by: HACKeR 001X (extractfile.zip ] Posts: 275 | Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 23:18
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Eddie - Good to see you've returned. Sorry to hear that your computer hates you. Best off not using the internet if you are having problems losing your cookies after visiting this website. :) -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 23:23
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Hmmmmmmm, I just want to know if anyone else has the same problem. I'm with NoAdware, it requarly detects cookies as a file that should be deleted. Anyone else with this thing? Posts: 275 | Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, March 1 2006 00:26
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quote:Edit: Forgot the :) [ Wednesday, March 01, 2006 00:26: Message edited by: Arancaytar the Grey ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, March 1 2006 06:14
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Having never used NoAdware, I don't know how helpful this is, but most adware and spyware removal programs have an Always Ignore (not necessarily called the same thing) option that lets you specify certain files that the adware program will skip. -------------------- "You're drinking liquor because you're thirsty? How nasty is your freaking water?" —Lazarus Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 | Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00 |
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BANNED
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written Wednesday, March 1 2006 12:44
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quote:There's a free mental health clinic in eastern London. Now stop being an idiot. Posts: 275 | Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, March 1 2006 12:57
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quote:O.O -------------------- I am a silly, silly fool. Posts: 489 | Registered: Friday, December 20 2002 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, March 1 2006 12:58
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Eating my food, is that an insult? Posts: 275 | Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Wednesday, March 1 2006 13:08
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This has gone downhill more rapidly than the dutch luge team. For various explanations of anime style emoticons, and for recognition of the same, check out this place. Now I can proudly say I have been helpful today. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, March 1 2006 15:17
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The original poster asked an honest, polite question with the expectation of receiving an honest, polite answer. Stop harassing him. I'm going to leave this topic open on the off chance that someone has some more advice to contribute. Don't reply if you just want to pick a fight. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, March 1 2006 15:52
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quote:I would like to apologize for the above post. I am not entirely sure of the circumstances that led to it, but I suspect I may have been feeling either profoundly angry (at nobody on these forums) or tired or both at the time. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Nuke and Pave
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written Wednesday, March 1 2006 16:18
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quote:You probably need to go to Options (or Settings, or Preferencies or whatever it's called) and tell it to stop deleting cookies. Maybe there is a checkbox for it when you start scanning your computer. Since I am not using AdAware myself, I can't be more specific. Or just use Spybot ( http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/ ) instead. I've never had a problem like this with it. (Spybot delets only spyware cookie.) [ Wednesday, March 01, 2006 16:20: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Wednesday, March 1 2006 16:24
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If the spyware/ad removal tool you are currently using is problematic, there are other choices available. I use cnet's download.com site to get independent ratings of many products. Simply typing "spyware" into the searchbar will get you what you need. The program I use, AdAware, divides "threats" into several categories, but requires none of them to be deleted. Cookies are not considered to always be bad, but tracking cookies generally are flagged. The Alexa bot is frequently flagged. Your best bet in any case is to read the documentation that comes with the product, see if the product is suitable to the application, and then decide if you wish to continue use. For the record, "losing your cookies" is a turn of phrase which I do not regret using. It was neither harassment or helpful, just lightly humorous. Apologies to any who thought it a phrase of belittlement. Edit - A search for "noadware" retrieved a program which had a very poor rating and few downloads. It may be time to change vendors. [ Wednesday, March 01, 2006 16:31: Message edited by: Jumpin' Salmon ] -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Master
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written Wednesday, March 1 2006 18:16
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As a sidenote, every time I run AdAware, it comes up invariably with a bunch of plain files labeled "tracking coordinate". What are those exactly? -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Wednesday, March 1 2006 18:44
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I've never seen those. The critical files I get are tracking cookies and the occasional instance of Alexa. Surprising, the computers at work have more issues than my home computer. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, March 1 2006 22:53
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quote:Noadware is actually quite good. Anyway, I used the company's live help to solve the problem. There was nothing wrong at all. Posts: 275 | Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00 |