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cookie crunchers

Mar 14, 2004 12:54AM PST

Are they safe? And where can I find the best one?

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Re:cookie crunchers, but for what browser and OS?
Mar 14, 2004 1:09AM PST

The real answer is in you. You need to know what cookies you want to keep. NO ONE can guess this. It's your cookie.

When I found some thousand cookies way back when I simpled sorted them by date and deleted the ones that were over 2 months old. That brought it down to some reasonable number in a flash.

Next I moved to a browser (Mozilla) that would ask me to allow/deny cookies per web site. I answer no each time and only allow such if need be.

No addin was ever added.

Bob

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Re:cookie crunchers
Mar 14, 2004 2:01AM PST

1. Read this articles concerning cookies and then completely clear the cookie folder as explained in the link for Q278835 - How to Delete Cookie Files -- if there isn't any needed whatsoever, and then set things up as described, [How to Manage Cookies in Internet Explorer 6 (Q283185)].

2. Download the "12-Wash" utility from Tucows -- I guess that means five (5) as there are five pictures of a cow, that is listed in the "Index" near the bottom of the page -- a free!1.5MB file.

3. When executed, you'll see the tab IE, IE, AOL (click to see a screen shot) which when clicked give you the option to delete "cookies" among other things along with an "Except" button that allows you to select cookies to keep -- a history recorded in the system registry and not changed unless you do so.

4. Create a Shortcut to this program and placed in the Startup folder that purges cookies you have elected not to keep each time the system boots:

<drive> \ <path> \12wash.exe /silent /washall