Paul D Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Has differentiating between first and third party cookies ever been considered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted March 22, 2018 Moderators Share Posted March 22, 2018 Probably not, cookies don't announce their primary/secondary state so there'd be no way for ccleaner to know. ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 22, 2018 Moderators Share Posted March 22, 2018 Probably only a web browser that is getting "cookied" at that very momemt in time as you browse would know difference, hence the reason you can block third party cookies in most web browsers. As for CCleaner or similar cleaning tools being made able to know the difference I'd think is unlikely unless they had some browser addon/extension/plugin snooping on your every move in a browser to keep a log to determine it. Edit: Now a browser extension based cleaner like one which I don't remember that name of (sorry) that's available in the Google Chrome store would probably have the best chance to be coded in such a way to tell the difference, since it lives inside the browser as an extension and could always be running with the browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 22 hours ago, Nergal said: Probably not, cookies don't announce their primary/secondary state so there'd be no way for ccleaner to know. So how do anti-malware programs (ie SuperAntiSpyware, Malwarebytes) know which cookies to clean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 24, 2018 Moderators Share Posted March 24, 2018 Well there are known advertisement, and badware sites. They'd need to implement a list. It's probably just easier for you to start using something like the MVPS.org HOSTS File which will block allot of stuff system-wide, then couple that with a good ad blocker in your web browser such as uBlock Origin, or Adblock Plus (both are available in Firefox and Chrome browsers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ident Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 On 23/03/2018 at 16:56, Paul D said: So how do anti-malware programs (ie SuperAntiSpyware, Malwarebytes) know which cookies to clean? Texts files IE cookies are simply that. A textfile. Cookies aren't malware and they do not comprise "infections". They do not compromise your security. MBAM does not target non-malware tracking cookies. No fate but what we make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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