[captainclean]

i noticed this in my Google Chrome cookies folder :

# HTTP Cookie File
# http://www.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html
# This is a generated file! Do not edit.
# To delete cookies, use the Cookie Manager.

.amazon.co.uk TRUE / FALSE 2082758400

( i deleted the rest )

Why are netscape making my cookies in 2009...i do not use AOL or netscape

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[cwwozniak]

I believe that Netscape developed the original protocol of using cookies with their web browser in the mid 1990's that was later implemented by other web browsers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie

The comments in your code sample may be a link to the Netscape cookie documentation page. It is now a broken link.

[captainclean]

hey thanks for that cwwozniak

is there some way to prevent these ancient cookies from the past ?

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[cwwozniak]

Originally Posted by captainclean

is there some way to prevent these ancient cookies from the past ?

The data structure and implementation of the cookies in the folder is based on a standard from the 1990's. The actual cookies and their content could have been set just a few days or a few hours ago.

To block cookies based on an "ancient standard" is to block all cookies.

[captainclean]

thanks again cwwozniak. i will have another look later to see if they are still being spawned.

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[cwwozniak]

I have never used Google Chrome but from what I can read about it, you should be able to disable accepting cookies if you wish. Doing so may affect what happens when you visit certain web sites. Not sure if you use of Tech Support Guy would be affected.

http://www.google.com/support/chrome...n&answer=95647

[captainclean]

thanks once more cwwozniak... i will experiment with the Chrome settings

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[captainclean]

i have now disabled hiberfil.sys ....it seems to have done the trick....the lingering cookies have gone.

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[cwwozniak]

Originally Posted by captainclean

i have now disabled hiberfil.sys ....it seems to have done the trick....the lingering cookies have gone.

Not sure why you chose to disable it and I don't think I want to know. I am done with following this thread.

http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Hiberfil.sys

hiberfil.sys is the file used by default by Microsoft Windows to save the machine's state as part of the hibernation process.