Pls help this has been found on my anti virus scan..can anyone tell me what it is?
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It allows companies or individuals to track which websites you visit. You can remove it with a programme called 'Spybot', which is free.
Yup, it's a cookie that tracks what you do, where you go and what you look at etc. It then helps report it all to advertising agencies and spam mail companies etc.
Or
It could be just a harmless tracking cookie you get from sites like this (gagajoyjoy)
You can delete it, but it will come back as soon as you sign in to whatever site you got it from.
You get them EVERYWHERE.
Most are harmless, some are not. But at least your anti-virus picked it up.
In short.
Nuffink to be worried about.
Or
It could be just a harmless tracking cookie you get from sites like this (gagajoyjoy)
You can delete it, but it will come back as soon as you sign in to whatever site you got it from.
You get them EVERYWHERE.
Most are harmless, some are not. But at least your anti-virus picked it up.
In short.
Nuffink to be worried about.
I've never seen one of those 
Beware the tracking zombie cookies.. they will get you
Fank ewww lol, phew thought id be in bother with IT guys as the companies e-mail are not being delivered to us and are stuck at the domain and I thought id do my bit by checking Anti Virus.
Do recommend you install Spybot, as recommended by Mathematics.
I have AVG running, but recently had a horrible malware get through (it was called SystemSecurity 4.52), it also gets through Norton & McAfee security suites too.
This program was a pain the backside to get rid of, as amongst other things it denied me access to the internet, to AVG, and in the end to any of my programs, including the task manager.
I ended up having to go and find the bugger manually, whilst in Safe Mode.
If I had had Spybot installed I would have been ok. I have it on my pooter now!
I have AVG running, but recently had a horrible malware get through (it was called SystemSecurity 4.52), it also gets through Norton & McAfee security suites too.
This program was a pain the backside to get rid of, as amongst other things it denied me access to the internet, to AVG, and in the end to any of my programs, including the task manager.
I ended up having to go and find the bugger manually, whilst in Safe Mode.
If I had had Spybot installed I would have been ok. I have it on my pooter now!
quote:Originally posted by Demantoid:
Beware the tracking zombie cookies.. they will get you
Thanks for the advice guys, im going to download spybot not, cheers x
I Use "AVIRA" it's free and good at catching all sorts of crap.
The old CH4 forums were loaded with tracking cookies.
As someone has said, these cookie things will invariably return.
But it`s not a bad idea to clear them out from time to time. It frees things up a bit. (Rather like my grandma used to when she took off her stays (corsets.)
But if your own virus scan detected it, you could use that to delete it.
But it`s not a bad idea to clear them out from time to time. It frees things up a bit. (Rather like my grandma used to when she took off her stays (corsets.)
But if your own virus scan detected it, you could use that to delete it.
Be very careful - i tried uploading SPYBOT and it messed me pooter BIG STYLE
Ive never had a problem with Spybot and have used it for years.
You werent messing around in advanced mode were you Renton?
You werent messing around in advanced mode were you Renton?
I aint got an advanced anything, lol - i just went to Spybot and was told i downloaded a virus
So link for the OP wud be good
So link for the OP wud be good
sounds like you downloaded something pretending to be Spybot.
Good point.
Heres their website.
http://www.safer-networking.or.../download/index.html
Good point.
Heres their website.
http://www.safer-networking.or.../download/index.html
Mmmm cookies.
