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Re: Ad And Tracker Blocking
« Reply #25 on: December 17, 2015, 03:03:45 pm »
Thank you, Julian!

I removed the very first line. That looked a bit odd for people who don't know about the move when they start out with this new thread. :)

BTW, don't worry, your ego can NOT inflate if you never heard of uBlock and Ghostery. Lol
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Re: Ad And Tracker Blocking
« Reply #26 on: December 19, 2015, 03:15:39 am »
Boggin, at the risk of making a superfluous remark, it might be important. Are you aware of the difference between uBlock and uBlock Origin? The thing is, it seems that uBlock is not being updated anymore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBlock
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Re: Ad And Tracker Blocking
« Reply #27 on: December 19, 2015, 04:26:06 am »
Having read that Origin was better than uBlock, I've removed it from FF and installed Origin, but my initial install for uBlock was from using a link for a specific download for FF as I wasn't sure if Origin was FF compatible at the time.
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Re: Ad And Tracker Blocking
« Reply #28 on: December 20, 2015, 12:41:58 am »
I use uBlock origin and like the degree of "Tweaking" it gives the user .

A slight digression here -

This is the source of the most persistent and annoying tracking cookie I've ever come across
adnxs.com

It comes from Skype and is stored here
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies

Each time I delete it , it returns in a different form.
I use Hosts Block , which is excellent , but this one still gets through.

Is anybody else seeing this ?

Note : of the various on-demand scanners I use , only Super AntiSpyware finds it.
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Re: Ad And Tracker Blocking
« Reply #29 on: December 20, 2015, 05:06:12 am »
How can I get to see the Cookies folder in Explorer?
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Re: Ad And Tracker Blocking
« Reply #30 on: December 20, 2015, 05:34:04 am »
Quote from: Lady on December 20, 2015, 05:06:12 am
How can I get to see the Cookies folder in Explorer?

You can see the Cookies on the computer with the free version of CCleaner.

https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

During its install it has a box to intelligently clean cookies but I leave that unchecked and run it at the end of each session.

When you run the program, click on Options/Monitoring and uncheck those boxes, otherwise it will unnecessarily be running in the background.

While in Options, click on the Cookies link and that will list them.
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Re: Ad And Tracker Blocking
« Reply #31 on: December 20, 2015, 05:57:40 am »
I use CCleaner and I see the list you're talking about. But I meant in Explorer, like Jethro mentions in #28. I found out how to make the folder visible (http://www.thewindowsclub.com/cookies-folder-location-windows) but it doesn't seem to work. Maybe after a reboot? Well, it's not that important. Just curious why he can see it and I cannot.  :smiley:
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Re: Ad And Tracker Blocking
« Reply #32 on: December 20, 2015, 05:59:39 am »
Oh, and I just ran a BullGuard full scan and it came up with a malicious tracking cookie......  :omg: How in the world is that possible with this wall I just built around my pc?  :smiley:
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Re: Ad And Tracker Blocking
« Reply #33 on: December 20, 2015, 09:15:12 pm »
Quote from: Lady on December 20, 2015, 05:59:39 am
Oh, and I just ran a BullGuard full scan and it came up with a malicious tracking cookie......  :omg: How in the world is that possible with this wall I just built around my pc?  :smiley:

Hi Lady , that was my feeling exactly , on finding this one blighter that always gets through the defenses ,

and yes , that folder is hidden by default.

In answer to your earlier question , there are two ways I find it -

Start button -> Computer      then in the explorer window , replace "Computer" with this path -

C:\Users\MyMachine\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies

where "MyMachine" is whatever yours is called

The other way is to use "Everything" from Voidtools  ( free ) which , incidentally is the best search tool
I have ever seen ...... I can't recommend it too highly !   ....   I only wish there was a Linux equivalent.

Start Everything , wait a moment for the disc to be searched , then enter  " cookies " in the search box ,
look for the appropriate folder , right click and choose " Open "

It makes the M$ Windows search look like something from the Stone Age !

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Re: Ad And Tracker Blocking
« Reply #34 on: December 21, 2015, 11:23:36 am »
Hi Jethro,

COOL! It worked with the path in the explorer window. See image. The Low folder is empty. What are these other 3? Are those cookies? Should I delete them?? When I click on them, Notepad opens and a lot of numbers and letters appear. Like this, the first one:

__cfduid
d77a3acd14e57e53bb5749fedcd7d483f1450003654
avaaz.org/
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624404224
30561381
2915475543
30487955
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It might be the cookie that remembers my mail address when I sign petitions for the Avaaz organization. (If you're concerned about the world's crises and the environment etc. you should check them out, they're awesome!) If that is true, they're harmless. (The other two are another one from Avaaz and one from my cell phone company.)

I must tell you that the tracking cookie that BullGuard found was called Cookie .2o7. As far as I could find out, it's linked to gathering info for Adobe and iTunes. I checked the cookies list in CCleaner, like Boggin explained, and I don't see the cookie with which you're battling,  :smiley:, the adnxs.com. I don't know why I don't have it. :S

Isn't it weird that the cookies list in CCleaner is so much longer than the Windows Cookies folder? Are all those "good" cookies  :smiley:, useful or functional ones? CCleaner says "Select the cookies you want to keep". But I don't recognize all of them. Hmmm. My logical mind says: BullGuard or MBAM would have found the bad cookies among them. Am I right?



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Re: Ad And Tracker Blocking
« Reply #35 on: December 22, 2015, 05:30:00 am »
About the settings in uBlock Origin: the site linked to the documentary I saw on trackers recommends checking (under Privacy) Fanboy’s Enhanced Tracking List. Does anybody have any experience with that one in terms of web site breakage?
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Re: Ad And Tracker Blocking
« Reply #36 on: December 23, 2015, 04:03:20 am »
Added it yesterday, all seems fine with a varied selection of sites. Yet to see any problems.
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Re: Ad And Tracker Blocking
« Reply #37 on: December 23, 2015, 04:11:58 am »
Same here.   :smiley:
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Re: Ad And Tracker Blocking
« Reply #38 on: January 05, 2016, 02:52:08 am »
A VERY Happy New Year to you all!

I hope that this year will make your biggest dreams come true.

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