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jim fretts
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Posted - 02/10/2011 :  2:54:37 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i am running win xp sp3. cleaned out all my cookies like i've been told to so i can keep my pc secure ran a utility progam and found "internet cookies". searched the internet to find out that ie8 just so happens to put your internet cookies in a (hide) folder the problem is everyone but the owner of the pc is able to get in and edit this folder. others can add there melware and spywere on your pc and as of yet i can not find these foldes to del the cookies and or block this folder. is there anyone out there that can help thank you a unhappy pc owner thanks

Mark Minasi
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Posted - 02/11/2011 :  09:17:59 AM  Show Profile  Visit Mark Minasi's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hi Jim --

Truthfully cookies can't harm your system security-wise, but they CAN lead to you being annoyed in ads.

Here's a page someone put together about how to find and delete them. They're just text files so they're easy to delete.

http://www.findmysoft.com/how-to/Selectively-Delete-Cookies-in-Internet-Explorer-8/

I hope this helps.
Mark
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minimeister
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Posted - 02/14/2011 :  09:25:58 AM  Show Profile  Send minimeister a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Hey Jim,

There are hidden internet files that are hard to find and nearly impossible to display for your profile when logged on. What I do is log on as the local administrator and then go into your profile to really delete all the temp files. If you have never setup the local administrator account, you can usually get to it by logginf off your profile, hit ctr+alt+del twice real quick and it should bring up a prompt for user name and password. The default on most home computers is Administrator with a <null> or blank password.

Alternately I use cleanup452 which goes through and deletes all the temp files. http://download.cnet.com/CleanUp/3000-2144_4-10727454.html?tag=mncol;1
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