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Cookies found despite the auto-delete in Firefox


Bender01

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My Firefox settings are such that cookies should be deleted when Firefox is closed, except for a few exceptions. But I've noticed that CCleaner finds some cookies (Options > Cookies) that shouldn't be there (while Firefox is closed) and that are not in the exceptions (of both Firefox and CCleaner). Firefox doesn't find these cookies (Options > Privacy > Show cookies). These cookies all seem to be from websites I access with Firefox.

 

I've cleaned with CCleaner but they reappear. I didn't select the Intelligent Cookie Scan.

 

My Flash Player settings are such that no website can store data on my PC.

 

I have:

- Windows XP

- CCleaner 5.11.5408

- Firefox 42.0

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I found out it's caused by super cookies in SiteSecurityServiceState.txt, these cookies can't be deleted by Firefox.

Yes part of super cookies. I believe ccleaner takes care of the

 

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CCleaner detects and lists them for Firefox Portable I'm using when cleaning:

Cleaner > Applications > Firefox > Cookies

 

I had wondered why all of a sudden some cookies were being created for Adblock Plus subscriptions I have that never were previously, now I know they're putting super cookies into that SiteSecurityServiceState.txt file.

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The solution is to delete SiteSecurityServiceState.txt, create a new one and set it to "read only".

 

There were also cookies created by Flash Player despite I set it up to not store data on my PC: you also need to set up an online panel on the Macromedia website.

 

From what I understood the fact that Firefox can't delete super cookies is a bug that still have to be fixed, but I'm not sure about that...

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I made a winapp2.ini entry to clean it for Firefox Portable. Maybe read-only works on it, I don't know but I'd imagine it would either get stored elsewhere or in memory. The only sites I've seen in it are from Adblock Plus subscriptions. I also don't use or have Flash installed anymore, had no need for it anymore starting several months ago.

 

Here's that winapp2.ini entry I made:

[Firefox Portable Super Cookies*]
LangSecRef=3026
DetectFile=%SystemDrive%\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\Data\profile\SiteSecurityServiceState.txt
Default=False
FileKey1=%SystemDrive%\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\Data\profile|SiteSecurityServiceState.txt
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