Re: why they keep coming back
From: Andrew Z Carpenter [Now with added MVP!] (azc_at_FILTERcirencester.ac.uk)
Date: 12/15/03
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:38:02 -0000
> "mr" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:13f1801c3c2f4$c8e4ea40$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>
> Hi, I use ad-aware 6 and also like to use the online
> scanner Pestscan simultaneously-They dont always find the
> same spyware but I'd guess they do OK. Here's is my
> concern. I got online and scanned with PS and then AAW.
> Cleaned out all they detected. Then I went to this NGroup
> & read some>then to see updates at windows>then to check
> my mail at yahoo>then did a housecall virus scan (pc was
> virus free>I did not go to anymore websites.
> So why is it when I scanned again with PS, it
> found "counterhit click (or something like that)& 207{1}
> txt in my cookies in the "c" drive.MY QUESTION: does this
> spyware just creep in because it already knows my IP
> address and whe Im online, it takes advantage of this-
> I'd like to understand more about this. please help
Most of what you will find are simply cookies, generated
by advertisements displayed on web pages.
There is a lot of information on the internet about cookies,
here is just one page from Microsoft themselves:
http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm
It also gives some instructions on how to control them.
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