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Software => Internet browsers => Topic started by: joep on February 26, 2010, 09:19:37 AM
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When I use ccleaner I lose all my passwords how do or were do I go to save them from being deleted.....thanks
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Open CCleaner and under the Windows tab uncheck Cookies.
If you use another browser select the Applications tab and uncheck Cookies in those browsers as well.
Cookies are not dangerous. Every web site uses them. They do help websites track when you have visited and what you looked at on the website but they also hold your login information.
SUPERAntiSpyware.com - Frequently Asked Questions
Are cookies really spyware and are they dangerous? (http://www.superantispyware.com/supportfaqdisplay.html?faq=26)
This subject has been the debate of many newsgroups and online forums. Cookies are simply text files stored on your hard drive and cannot themselves harm your computer in any way. Typically cookies are used to remember logins and keep track of user settings on web-sites.
Cookies can be used to track your movement on the Internet ONLY if a site is aware of the cookies and is designed to use the specific cookies. Because of their use in tracking, many feel that this constitutes spyware.
We do not consider cookies to be threats of anywhere near the same level of severity as actual malware threats that can steal real personal information, serve ads, or render a computer unusable.
SUPERAntiSpyware will detect tracking cookies as "Adware.Tracking Cookies" and you can choose to remove them or leave them on your system. You may turn off this feature in the Preferences -> Scanning Control tab of SUPERAntiSpyware should you not wish cookies to be scanned, detected and removed.
The True Story About Cookies!
MajorGeeks.Com (http://www.majorgeeks.com/) First let's get right to the point. Cookies are not problems that you need to be concerned with. Too many antispyware programs flag cookies and make them sound like they are high risk items. The truth is that they are not high risk problems and in most cases are actually very useful to you.
This subject has long been debated on the internet and obviously there are many opinions about cookies. Cookies are not executable programs. They are simple text files stored on your PC to help websites (and you) track useful user settings and non-personal information, like which advertisement you last saw (which prevents you from seeing the same ad over and over again).
Yes some cookies are often referred to tracking cookies, but tracking is more complicated then just having a cookie. Every website you visit would have to have knowledge of the particular cookie so that they could use it to add tracking info to it and to make use of it. You will see many antispyware programs indicating various cookies as tracking cookies and this can artifically make detection counts look very high. It is also a sore point when doing comparisons between antispyware programs. If one program detects cookies and another does not, it can make the one that does not detect them look like it is doing a bad job.
Similarly it makes the one detecting them look like a great product since it picks up things the other missed. Thus most (not all) programs will detect cookies to avoid this hazard. Don't be fooled by cookie counting. If cookies are the only thing showing up, you are in good shape. They are not harmful and you can just ignore them or if so desired, you can easily clean them using your browser or other tools like CCleaner.
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All I want to know is how can I save my passwords.....
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Then give us more information.
Which boxes are you checking in CCleaner?
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Read my reply. I gave the exact instructions on how to adjust CCleaner.
Cookies are not dangerous. Every web site uses them. They do help websites track when you have visited and what you looked at on the website but they also hold your login information.
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Thanks I got it now........... "duh"
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Firefox users don't have this problem if they control password saving through Firefox's password save feature. It's found under Tools, Options, Security. If you tell Firefox to save a password, Firefox saves it, regardless of any clearing of cookies.
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thanks.....joe
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I really liked to hear the REAL facts about cookies ans tracking cookies.
Thanks and greetings from Holland;Eric.
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I unclicked the checkmarks in windows and application in cookies. I still lose my passwords when I use ccleaner .I`m a newbe with computers so bear with me. What else can I do?
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Open Ccleaner / Options / Cookies / put the cookies you want into the 'cookies to keep' column.
Alan <>< :D
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I unclicked the checkmarks in windows and application in cookies. I still lose my passwords when I use ccleaner .I`m a newbe with computers so bear with me. What else can I do?
What web browser do you use?
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I tried the option and it worked I switched the programs I wanted to keep but all my sites werent in the switch window. I use yahoo.com I really dont want to change my home page (is that my browser)?for then I have to change my email adress thanks for your help
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If you change your home page you have to change your email address?
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If you use Internet Explorer to visit websites, then it is your web browser. Other web browsers are Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html), Chrome (from Google), Opera, Safari, etc.
Firefox users don't have this problem if they control password saving through Firefox's password save feature. It's found under Tools, Options, Security. If you tell Firefox to save a password, Firefox saves it, regardless of any clearing of cookies.
for then I have to change my email adress thanks for your help
No, using a different web browser has nothing to do with your email address.
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Like I said I dont know much. Soy, if I change my homepage, say to firefox having my email at yahoo were will my email go seeing i`m on firefox
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I think you're not comprehending some basic facts. Internet Explorer is a web browser, not a home page. Firefox is a web browser, not a home page. Likewise, Chrome, Opera, and Safari are web browsers, not home pages. Any website can be set as home page in any web browser. Yahoo.com is not a web browser; it is a website. You can set yahoo.com as your home page in whatever browser you're using.
If download and install Firefox, and set it as your default browser, then you could make yahoo.com your home page in Firefox. And, your email would go to your Yahoo! Mail Inbox, same as it does now when using Internet Explorer.