spyware cookies

[wendilla]

I have just found this possible spyware cookies 10 infections trade doubler avenue e bluestreak fastclick ect ect then told option i have chosen is not free .any help please how to get rid of these thanks

[Ethel]

Spybot and ewido are free and deal with these blighters.

The download links are on this page:

http://cgi3.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUs erPage&userid=cuddly-hippo

[yahoohelp]

Ad aware se personal edition

Scan your system for ad supported software components and remove them.

ftp://ftp.download.com/pub/win95/utilities/aawsepersonal.exe

Spybot search and destroy

Search your hard disk and registry for threats to your security and privacy.

http://download.freewarefiles.com/files/spybot sd14.exe

Sayware Blaster

Prevent spyware from being installed on your computer.

http://www.javacoolsoftware.net/downloads/spyw areblastersetup.exe

to put this to a piont that all u need there all free and ewido is not free it only free for 14 days then you got to pay for it

[wendilla]

have just done the no adware v4.0 and it is only cookies that it is coming up with that is infected but i get down and then i am asked to pay so where can I go to get these removed for free.

[vehelpfulguy]

wendilla

Note that cookies are NOT the same as viruses, trojans etc.

Although you may have some spyware cookies they are probably not doing much harm.

You can easily remove ALL your cookies (which is a good thing to do every now and again) as follows

If you are in Internet Explorer

Choose Tools then Internet Options

On the General tab, half way down, is a button called Delete Cookies.

Just press this and all your cookies will be deleted, including the spyware ones.

[vehelpfulguy]

wendilla,

A bit more, in case you are not sure what cookies are.

When you visit a web site (any web site, efven answerbank) it often creates a small flat file on your hard disk called a cookie.

This cookie may make a note of the date you visited the site, maybe some of the pages you visited etc.

If you type your name into the site it may also make a note of that.

This cookie is then kept on your PC.

NEXT time you visit the web site the site will look at the cookie and find out how long it is since you last visited, or look up your name.

It may then say welcome back wendilla, you have not visited us for a week.

The problem is that SOME sites put a cookie on your PC and then track you're movements on the web. This informtion is then sent back to a central server so that they can analyze what sites you are visiting and what products you are looking for (digital camera maybe)

They can then put targeted adverts on the web pages you visit.

This is why it is good to clean out all your cookies every now and again.

You can use a free product like Winpatrol to list all the cookies your do NOT want created on your PC and every time they are created Winpatrol will delete them.

[wendilla]

thank you all for replies I have downloaded ad-ware se and think I have solved my problem think I had a bit more than cookies to sort our and VERYHELPFULGUY thanks for that explanation something else I understand a bit better.

[yahoohelp]

wendilla

have just done the no adware v4.0 and it is only cookies that it is coming up with that is infected but i get down and then i am asked to pay so where can I go to get these removed for free.

ok i dont no what u are doing but them tools are all free u dont have to pay for them the only one you do is ewdio them tools i put are all u need.

[wendilla]

To Yahoohelp yes i understand now what to do now after many attempts as I try to sort any problem out myself to understand better. The reason I tried Ad- ware se again was I already had it installed so gave it another go and must have done it right as it worked and everything is back to normal. thanks to everyone for your help.may I add I am a woman and thick but I am learning.