Orphan Cleanup Tracking Cookie Removal

Modern browsers use cookies mostly to personalize a user's experience.

Browser "cookies" are simple text files used to store session information for websites a user visits. "Tracking" cookies are shared across websites to help follow a user's browsing habits and are usually used for shopping site suggestions or banner ads. A tracking cookie becomes "orphaned" when the parent entry in the browser's index file is lost or deleted. These cookies are usually totally innocuous but sometimes they are difficult to delete.

Instructions

1. Install and open "Spybot S&D" (see Resources). Follow the prompt to update the program to the newest definitions.

2. Click "Check For Problems." Orphan Cookies are included in the S&D search.

3. Click "Fix Selected Problems." Make sure the orphan cookies box is checked off in the bottom pane.

References

• Tracking Cookie

Resources

• Spybot Search & Destroy