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Posted by Mike Gasson on February 1, 2006, 3:37 am
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options >bassbag wrote:
>>louise@nospam.com says...
>>
>>>If not set carefully, it runs in the background going through your
>>>cookies and deciding which ones should be removed.
>>>
>>>It removed one of my accounts from my bank site and I couldn't
>>>restore the account because the cookies didn't match up anymore. I
>>>finally resolved it by restoring a cookie file from a week ago from a
>>>
>>>
>>>All in all, I don't recommend the program and have removed it from
>>>"active duty".
>>>
>>>Louise
>>>
>> I havent used spyware doctor , but even firefox browser can delete
>>all your cookies (clear private data settings)upon closure of firefox
>>if set that way.It shouldnt be too hard to get the cookie back when
>>visiting the site again (assuming you are not blocking them)with some
>>software or security settings.Deleting a cookie shouldnt remove an account.
>> me
>
>I agree that it "shouldn't" and it didn't remove the account on the
>bank's server. But my browser could not gain access to it. I had
>three accounts with the bank and one of them was no longer available on
>my browser. As I examined the cookies, the bank one had been changed
>and only had two of the three accounts listed.
>
>I set up the third account again but it only lasted till I closed the
>browser (FF). I've no idea what happened but I do know that just a day
>or two ago, I decided to try leaving Spyware Doctor running "on guard"
>and this was the result. The program was shooting up little windows
>periodically proudly telling me it had deleted x number of cookies. I
>should have realized Spyware Doctor didn't have good enough judgment
>and turned it off right away :-)
>
>I had no more trouble once I restored an older file of my cookies and
>stopped the program from "guarding" my computer.
>
>Louise
I've got about 5'bank' sites I use, but Spyware Doctor has never zapped
any cookies. I also use Firefox.
Strange. :(
--
Mike Gasson
(from the Isle of Purbeck)
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