TheOdds
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@Winapp2.ini
I was wrong, Firefox Site Preferences doesn't delete the webappsstore.sqlite file, instead it deletes content-prefs.sqlite. That file doesn't contain the "super cookies" stuff, but it does contain the site specific zoom options and other site specific options user may have set. Websites can't use this file to track the user unlike with the webappsstore.sqlite file.
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What exactly is a "super cookie?"
It's a generic term used for stuff like Flash cookies, Silverlight cookies, Site Preferences..., that can be used to track the user on the web in the same way as normal browser cookies.
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I'm just assuming without trying it that it has the same behaviour as Firefox's own Site Preferences cleaner which unfortunately also removes bookmarks?
I think selecting Firefox's site preferences deletes the webappsstore.sqlite file. That file mainly contains site specific zoom options and "super cookies" set by websites.
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Wikipedia has a pretty good explanation of why this could happen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_Internet_Files
On Windows XP, the cache is usually located at %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files (where %USERPROFILE% is an environment variable pointing to the root directory of the logged-in user's user profile). However, the cache may be moved by changing a value in the registry. Occasionally an additional (hidden) cache named "Temporary Internet Files" may appear in %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp\Temporary Internet Files or in %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files. This location can only be deleted by manually accessing the folder and removing it.One scenario that often (albeit not always) leads to the occurrence of this phenomenon proceeds as follows:
- User A runs Internet Explorer from his own account, but under the credentials of user B. This is achieved by using the runas command, e.g. runas /user:B iexplore.exe. The functionality of runas is provided and supported by Windows XP Secondary Logon service.
- User A quits Internet Explorer and logs out of his account. However, due to a bug in Windows XP, the svchost.exe process that hosts the Secondary Logon service retains the ownership of critical Internet Explorer data files belonging to user B and located in B's profile directories (for example, index.dat file located in %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 directory). For this reason these files remain inaccessible for writing.
- User B logs into his account and runs Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer is unable to obtain write access to the aforementioned files, which makes it quietly recreate the supporting directories under the current %TEMP% location as a fail-safe measure. The data from the original directories is not copied to the new ones. Internet Explorer will continue to use the directories under %TEMP% until the files at the original location become writable again.
So it's "fail-safe measure" build in IE.
Now I'm not quite sure why CCleaner causes the fail-safe folders to be created, but I think it happens because CCleaner blocks the access to index.dat files when it's wiping them, thus triggering the fail-safe when the system try to gain access to the index.dat files. IE doesn't need to be running for this to happen because the index.dat files are always on use by other components of the system.
- User A runs Internet Explorer from his own account, but under the credentials of user B. This is achieved by using the runas command, e.g. runas /user:B iexplore.exe. The functionality of runas is provided and supported by Windows XP Secondary Logon service.
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No I haven't but will try that and see what the result is.
You should also disable 'Cookies' and 'History'. CCleaner deletes most of the Index.dat files when these options are selected.
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Yes I have noticed this too, but I can't reproduce it always. For me, after logout or reboot the folders change back to their normal locations.
Version 3.00.1310 is the latest version without this behavior. I think this problem happens because of the way CCleaner handles Index.dat files when cleaning cookies in newer versions.
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0h88fahh%28VS.85%29.aspx
1025 - Arabic
1026 - Bulgarian
1027 - Catalan
1028 - Chinese - Taiwan
1029 - Czech
1030 - Danish
1031 - German
1032 - Greek
1034 - Spanish
1035 - Finnish
1036 - French
1037 - Hebrew
1038 - Hungarian
1040 - Italian
1041 - Japanese
1042 - Korean
1043 - Dutch
1044 - Norwegian
1045 - Polish
1046 - Portuguese - Brazilian
1048 - Romanian
1049 - Russian
1050 - Croatian
1051 - Slovak
1052 - Albanian
1053 - Swedish
1055 - Turkish
1058 - Ukrainian
1059 - Belarusian
1060 - Slovenian
1061 - Estonian
1063 - Lithuanian
1065 - Persian
1066 - Vietnamese
1067 - Armenian
1068 - Azeri (Latin)
1071 - Macedonian (FYROM)
1079 - Georgian
1110 - Galician
2052 - Chinese - Simplified
2070 - Portuguese
2074 - Serbian (Latin)
3098 - Serbian (Cyrillic)
5146 - Bosnian
9999 - Kurdish *
I think that's all of them.
* Not a real Locale ID, but very much a real language.
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Right. Just checking the files not cleaning them.
Don't think it installs, just runs, does try to phone home when you click on "How to Delete..." button, but link gone. Not sure, tho, about the installing part, just didn't find any remnants in a cursory search.Yeah it's portable executable. No install and it shouldn't leave anything behind.
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I got it wrong. It's 'History' that wipes the Index.dat files not 'Cookies'. I could have sworn that it was 'Cookies' though.
I used IdatScan (Index.dat Scanner) to check the files before and after. The origin website of IdatScan is long gone so it may be hard to find working download links for it.
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Indeed... It would seem that CCleaner wipes the Index.dat files when you have Cookies selected for cleaning and selectin 'Index.dat files' does nothing.
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I noticed that after you run CCleaner once it no longer detects Microsoft Management Console (Not until you run some MSC files).
This happens because MS Management Console detect value is the same as the RegKey1 value:
[MS Management Console] ID=2064 LangSecRef=3025 Detect=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Management Console\Recent File List Default=True RegKey1=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Management Console\Recent File List
Correct detect value should be:
[MS Management Console] ID=2064 LangSecRef=3025 Detect=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Management Console Default=True RegKey1=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Management Console\Recent File List
This is a pretty minor bug, but it's a bug none the less.
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Is anyone else seeing a notable decreased in performance with Flash 10.1?
I thought this new version was suppose so improve performance and add hardware acceleration for HD videos, but I'm actually getting worse performance on youtube than before.
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The system.dll and everything else in the $PLUGINSDIR is part of the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System that Piriform uses for it's installers. The system.dll is only used when you run the installer. It's extracted in the windows temp directory and deleted when the installer quits.
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Even though i don't think this is the correct solution as passwords saved on FF profile folder is a major flaw as anyone can read it using the "key3.db" right there in the same folder!!!
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ There. I would really like to see you report that one.
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You need admin rights to run the installer. The fact that you get that specific error can actually mean that the installer runs with really limited user rights and the installer doesn't even have the right to write in the temp folder.
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Just run the ccleaner.exe. CCleaner 2.0 is now natively portable so you don't need portable.exe anymore.
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I have most of the versions from v1.16.080 to v1.34.405 plus really old v1.09.056 and v1.12.063 both installers and extracted versions. If you still need them I can upload them somewhere.
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I guess you answered your own question.
And I don't see any reason why CCleaner should support programs in alpha/beta stage.
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Try booting to Recovery Console. Most likely Recovery Console isn't installed on your disk so you need to boot it from the Windows XP CD, but if it is installed you can boot it from the same menu as safe mode. In Recovery Console you need to "login" to your windows installation with your administrator password.
Once you get in to Recovery Console run "CHKDSK /p". If CHKDSK finds problems and fixes them, you're in luck.
More on Recovery Console:
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http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001336.htmlLast night our Web discussion forum server (forum.f-secure.com) got defaced by a Turkish gang. The blog entry has a screen shot of the hacked forum. First Avast now F-Secure... Whose next? 
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Man the malware situation is starting to look really really bad.
A huge amount of samples have been collected this year and our detections have doubled. At the end of 2006 we had roughly 250 thousand detections. That took 20 years to accumulate. We added the same volume of detections in just 2007. It will soon be 500 thousand in total. -
Those lists are identical... lol
@cutie_pyie
Piriform didn't just made up those codes. Those codes are Locale Identifiers (LCID).
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And for others this is the list of lang codes TwistedMetal made for 1.x lang files:
1033 English
1031 Deutsch
1036 Fran?ais
1034 Espa?ol
1040 Italiano
2070 Portugu?s
1046 Portugu?s (do Brasil)
1043 Nederlands
1110 Galego
1027 Catal?
1053 Svenska
1044 Norwegian
1035 Suomi
1030 Dansk
1029 Cesky
1032 Greek
1055 T?rk?e
1049 Russian
1048 Romana
1045 Polski
1038 Magyar
1063 Lietuviu
1052 Albanian
1025 Arabic
1037 Hebrew
1041 Japanese
1028 Chinese (Traditional)
2052 Chinese (Simplified)
1042 Korean
3098 Serbian Cyrillic
2074 Serbian Latin
1051 Slovensky
1071 Macedonian
5146 Bosanski
1026 Bulgarian
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To registry by default, which isn't very convenient for portable applications. You should set the option "Save all settings to INI file" on, from CCleaner options. That way the setting are saved on your USB flash drive and not on the host machine.
CCleaner v3.08 adds files to c:\
in CCleaner Bug Reporting
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Confirmed on Windows XP! I have no idea what CCleaner is trying to do here...
But, I am pretty sure it is failing terribly.