slaphappy wrote:
> Stevo wrote:
>
>> slaphappy wrote:
>>> Win ME
>>>
>>> Often when I run Ad-Aware, at almost the same point in the scan each
>>> time (shared DLL's), my computer will go to the BSD or just simply
>>> reboot. Sometimes during these reboots the system goes into scandisk
>>> and then I will see that config files are being updated.
>>> Infrequently, the system will reboot in safe mode. Then, I am always
>>> able to rerun Ad-Aware successfully and each time it then finds an
>>> instance of Data Miner, specifically, \cookies\. Is
>>> this a coincidence or is Data Miner somehow responsible for these
>>> problems?
>>>
>>> Is Data Miner unkillable? Does it replicate with files hidden on my
>>> computer? I use both Ad-Aware and Spywareblaster and Data Miner
>>> simply will not go away.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts please.
>>>
>>> Slaphappy
>>
>> Data Miner is the type of 'threat' that AdAware has identified in the
>> subject - which is the cookie concerned. That cookie is coming from
>> a site you are visiting probably.. you might need to adjust your
>> cookie settings so as to block that one.
>>
>> --
>> Stevo
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>
> Thank you very much. Makes perfect sense. Sons and there music sites.
> I use NS
> 4.8. Is there a way to block one specific cookie in 4.8?
I don't know a lot about Netscape options, hopefully some other kind soul
will wander in with some info for you..
In the meantime, have a look in help or maybe try a cookie manager add on..
some are listed here :
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/art...d,44745,00.asp
But there are lots available
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Stevo
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