Re: cookies

From: Super_Geek (RichardFalconer_at_thepostmaster.net)
Date: 07/11/03 

Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 14:04:24 +0100

ben sutton asks a question to do with PCs, Super_Geek dives in and tries
to help:
>Every time I tey to delete a cookie it makes a copy of
>itself. I now have copies of copies of copies. Why is it
>doing this.

This sounds like some form of spyware, but could equally be a bizarre
problem with your cookie folder.

Spyware:
http://www.lavasoft.de (Ad-aware)

Cookie Help:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#cookie

HTH 

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