bilvihur Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 CCleaner claims to remove all cookies that are not saved. Yet SuperAntiSpyware asks me to reboot because it cannot remove tracking cookies which are in use. I'm confused. Do I need to reboot to remove these cookies or not? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Do you have your browser open while running Super Anti Spyware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilvihur Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 Probably, but then I have it open when I run CCleaner also... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I know CCleaner can remove ones while IE is open but not while FireFox is open. Why don't you find the tracking cookies in SAS, which say you need to reboot, but dont reboot then run CCleaner, and then run SAS again to see if they have dissapeared. Then you know CCleaner is doing it's job without a reboot. Just an idea. But AFAIK CCleaner does remove all tracking cookies, without a reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I know CCleaner can remove ones while IE is open but not while FireFox is open. Why don't you find the tracking cookies in SAS, which say you need to reboot, but dont reboot then run CCleaner, and then run SAS again to see if they have dissapeared. Then you know CCleaner is doing it's job without a reboot. Just an idea. But AFAIK CCleaner does remove all tracking cookies, without a reboot. the C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Cookies\index.dat file (path is for XP, may differ in Vista) is not deleted immediately after running CCleaner but rather is deleted after a reboot. Perhaps it is this file that SAS advises that a reboot is required to delete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilvihur Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 I'll do a weeks worth of browsing to collect some cookies, then run SAS, record the paths, then run CCleaner. I'll keep you posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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