Ccleaner

[237SJ]

After reading about it on here, I downloaded Ccleaner. It has analyzed my computer and says I have 8000+ trackers. Is it safe to clean them?

[JimF]

Where did you download it from?

[tonyav]

If you do, 237SJ make sure that you know all your passwords because CCleaner will wipe them out and when you need to visit a site that needs a ( your ) password you'll have to re-enter it.

[Buenchico]

^^^ Tony's advice only applies if you've got CCleaner set up to delete ALL cookies. Tracking cookies can be deleted without any risk at all.

[Old_Geezer]

It's been a long while since I used CC but I used to find that the default settings used to delete far too much anyway. I suspect checking them first would still be a wise move.

[Bobbisox1]

I did this on the advice of Chris, my computer has speeded up so it was a sound bit of advice from him I think

[Khandro]

Bobbisox // my computer has speeded up so it was a sound bit of advice from him I think//

But did you keep your passwords?

[Bobbisox1]

Yes Khandro, they were all there

[237SJ]

It's only the cookies I`m going to risk wiping at the moment. It seems a bit odd though. I downloaded the Opera browser because the ads are so intrusive on some of the newspaper sites but they still came through on Opera so I uninstalled it again. It was literaly only on the computer for 10 minutes but ccleaner says that there are 239 trackers from Opera.

[youngmafbog]

Use the custom clean button just below the standard one and select what you wish to clean.

Personally I use a password Manger (Daashlane). Passwords dont get wiped (or hopefully pinched) that way

[237SJ]

Thanks for the replies. Thanks youngmafbog - I used the analyze function and the two options came up - trackers and junk. The junk was mainly temporary files but I`m not sure if that will wipe passwords so I deticked all of that and just wiped the tracking cookies.