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I usually clean out my pc with disk cleanup then run defragment at least once a week. I run a spyware program each evening when I shut down. One thing though, I keep getting this adware.cookie something every time. Do you know how to stop it?


63 posted on 07/14/2015 5:46:57 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( "Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: SkyDancer

“One thing though, I keep getting this adware.cookie something every time. Do you know how to stop it?”

Possibly. Go to http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm and download a plain-text file known as a “hosts file”. Then copy it to the appropriate folder for your version of operating system. Instructions on the site tell how to do it. That file simply acts as a filter to block thousands of the best known malware sites. Check that site for updates once a month. After that, install and run MalwareBytes if you aren’t using it already.


66 posted on 07/14/2015 9:22:52 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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