Spyware, viruses, & security : Clicked on spam site by mistake
Clicked on spam site by mistake
by 1Chris - 9/2/09 8:01 PMI was intending to click on 'see full email headers' when my mouse slipped and up came this vile website. Do I need to do anything to clean this machine if it picked up some cookies or anything else?
Empty your temporary internet files...
by Donna Buenaventura
- 9/2/09 8:33 PM
In reply to: Clicked on spam site by mistake by 1Chris
using third party utility CCleaner. That will get rid of unwanted cookies also. Run a scan using your anti-malware... just to double-check that nothing slipped in.
Wanted and unwanted cookies.
by mwooge - 9/6/09 6:52 AM In reply to: Empty your temporary internet files... by Donna Buenaventura
> That will get rid of unwanted cookies
It'll also get rid of cookes you want, if any. Persoanaly, I find this part of CCleaner a pain. Sites I go to regualry no longer configure corectly when I get there.
Odds are, the cookie you got is harmless.
No.
by DKT27 - 9/6/09 7:01 AM In reply to: Wanted and unwanted cookies. by mwoogeThe link he has clicked may have spyware or adware sent on his PC. How you can say cookies will not be harmful?
What harm could a cookie do?
by Kees Bakker - 9/6/09 7:14 AM
In reply to: No. by DKT27
It's just a piece of text. Here's an example of a random one from my cookies folder:
fcP
C=0&T=1251491418197&DTO=1251491418197&U=333267848&V=1251491452619
philips.nl/
1088
1771935360
30785590
1878579632
30025758
*
MetrixLabGLB_LocalCookie
1
philips.nl/
1088
776601472
30061968
1546399632
30025758
*
Let's suppose that you are a criminal with full access to my PC. In what way would you use this cookie to execute your very criminal activities?
Kees
They do harm PC.
by DKT27 - 9/6/09 7:28 AM In reply to: What harm could a cookie do? by Kees Bakker
I'm not a criminal that I would get full access to your PC.
ANW have you heard about "tracking cookies"?
Go here - http://www.2-spyware.com/news/post206.html
If not enough go here - http://ezinearticles.com/?Internet-Cookies---Are-They-Harmful?&id=888955
I'm not convinced ...
by Kees Bakker - 9/6/09 7:50 AM
In reply to: They do harm PC. by DKT27
of the ability of cookies than doing more than remembering some data for that site (most will be only session cookies) or enable advertising agency's to fire targeted advertisements to me, which might be annoying, but isn't harmful.
Say, I visited a malicious porn or malware site. And, say, that leaves a cookie on my PC, like the one philips.nl left in my post above. What harm could other sites do with it? Can you explain in laymen's terms?
Kees
Clear cookies with Options
by paul_saute - 9/4/09 8:25 PM In reply to: Clicked on spam site by mistake by 1ChrisHi sfc90,
You don't say what browser you use.
In any case, you can clear cookies using the Internet Options and to find out how, click HELP and search for erase cookies. Of course, It will get rid of the useful cookies as well.
bye,
paul_saute
Do this
by DKT27 - 9/5/09 7:05 AM In reply to: Clicked on spam site by mistake by 1ChrisRemove the cookies normally. Use CCleaner. Clear the cache if FF or Temporary Internet Files in IE.
Scan your PC with MalwareBytes Anti Malware.
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