Flash Cookies

[William33 110]

Yes, I use IE and regularly dispose of regular cookies in the usual way (tools, delete history etc). Mac is a definite future consideration.

Having said that, my latest virus scan revealed 146 flash cookies?

How do I get rid of these, without trashing my registry?

[Niels Bohr 72]

The Firefox extension "BetterPrivacy" has an easy way to control and delete Flash cookies. You can also easily setup a job in Task Scheduler on Windows or cron on Unix to clean them out regularly.

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

Yes, I use IE and regularly dispose of regular cookies in the usual way (tools, delete history etc). Mac is a definite future consideration.

Having said that, my latest virus scan revealed 146 flash cookies?

How do I get rid of these, without trashing my registry?

What about Flash Cookies?

An often overlooked area is the "Local Shared Objects", the flash equivalent of cookies.

Shared objects, or "Flash cookies," can be cleared or turned off via the Flash Player Settings Manager, an application similar to your browser settings where cookies can be disabled. The Settings Manager lets you delete shared objects and set your shared object preferences (such as your desire to be prompted, permissions, and storage limits) for all websites or only specific ones.

You can also see how many Flash Cookies already exist by doing a local search and enter: *.sol

Typical storage areas are:

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player (XP)

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer (Vista)

[and]

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects

You may be surprised by how many (unneeded) sub-folders actually exist there ...

link

[William33 110]

The Firefox extension "BetterPrivacy" has an easy way to control and delete Flash cookies. You can also easily setup a job in Task Scheduler on Windows or cron on Unix to clean them out regularly.

Is there a command for this action in IE?

Yes, I use IE and regularly dispose of regular cookies in the usual way (tools, delete history etc). Mac is a definite future consideration.

Having said that, my latest virus scan revealed 146 flash cookies?

How do I get rid of these, without trashing my registry?

What about Flash Cookies?

An often overlooked area is the "Local Shared Objects", the flash equivalent of cookies.

Shared objects, or "Flash cookies," can be cleared or turned off via the Flash Player Settings Manager, an application similar to your browser settings where cookies can be disabled. The Settings Manager lets you delete shared objects and set your shared object preferences (such as your desire to be prompted, permissions, and storage limits) for all websites or only specific ones.

You can also see how many Flash Cookies already exist by doing a local search and enter: *.sol

Typical storage areas are:

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player (XP)

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer (Vista)

[and]

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects

You may be surprised by how many (unneeded) sub-folders actually exist there ...

link

I have Adobe reader 8 and player.... Cannot find the "console" like the one pictured above...Thoughts?

Edited December 5, 2009 by William33

[Niels Bohr 72]

To get to the settings manager use this link

Adobe Flash Settings Manager

[William33 110]

To get to the settings manager use this link

Adobe Flash Settings Manager

Thanks Niels, I changed my future settings. Now how can I delete the 146 cookies?

[William33 110]

To get to the settings manager use this link

Adobe Flash Settings Manager

Thanks Niels, I changed my future settings. Now how can I delete the 146 cookies?

Ah, I found it in the "Global Storage Settings Panel".

Thanks again.

Edited December 5, 2009 by William33

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

To get to the settings manager use this link

Adobe Flash Settings Manager

Thanks Niels, I changed my future settings. Now how can I delete the 146 cookies?

Ah, I found it in the "Global Storage Settings Panel".

Thanks again.

and another vexing computer problem solved on vj

[William33 110]

To get to the settings manager use this link

Adobe Flash Settings Manager

Thanks Niels, I changed my future settings. Now how can I delete the 146 cookies?

Ah, I found it in the "Global Storage Settings Panel".

Thanks again.

and another vexing computer problem solved on vj

Arggggg....I just re-scanned my computer and 222 flash cookies were found....#######?

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

To get to the settings manager use this link

Adobe Flash Settings Manager

Thanks Niels, I changed my future settings. Now how can I delete the 146 cookies?

Ah, I found it in the "Global Storage Settings Panel".

Thanks again.

and another vexing computer problem solved on vj

Arggggg....I just re-scanned my computer and 222 flash cookies were found....#######?

and these are being reported as bad cookies?

[William33 110]

To get to the settings manager use this link

Adobe Flash Settings Manager

Thanks Niels, I changed my future settings. Now how can I delete the 146 cookies?

Ah, I found it in the "Global Storage Settings Panel".

Thanks again.

and another vexing computer problem solved on vj

Arggggg....I just re-scanned my computer and 222 flash cookies were found....#######?

and these are being reported as bad cookies?

Cookies suuk....I don't want random information transmitted from my machine....

After adjusting the settings and deleting (146) flash cookies, 222 were found....Perhaps it's time to reformat the drive. Somethings fecked up here....

[Niels Bohr 72]

Weird.

[William33 110]

Weird.

No doubt. I did a system restore to reverse what seems to be a mistake.