Why does my computer continue to store cookies I've deleted, and from sites I haven't revisited?
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If you really did delete hundreds and they came back like you describe, i would still not think about a virus because i have never heard of such behavior, in that case i would ask if you did any system restore...
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I'd never download something from the internet to solve a malware/virus problem. That's like rehydrating after a bout of diarrhea by drinking toilet water at Denny's. But, I'm afraid you may be on to something.
Apparently this is a known issue safari has been having lately. No report of Apple addressing the issue yet.
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Also, I have my preferences set to only allow cookies from sites I navigate to.
And, I just deleted them again. I only have mahalo and the nytimes and tweetdeck running, but when I looked at the stored cookies 1 min later they were all listed again, including ones from sites I haven't revisited like imageshack.
The other odd thing that's happening with my cookies is that I won't stay logged in at most sites like facebook or mahalo, and that's before one of the many times I've "redeleted" cookies. I'll sign in and check the auto sign in box to allow a cookie, get signed in, look at the home page, click a link, and then be instructed to resign in again even though I chose automatic sign in.
And, I haven't done a system restore yet but I'm considering it. I did have apple replace the motherboard in my computer, but that was 2 months ago and this problem is more recent as far as I'm aware.
Nope I'm not having that problem anymore with the extra cookies and reappearing "deleted" cookies. However I am continuously asked for reauthentication from a few sites. I've checked those sites and cookies for them are listed, I'm checking the box to keep me logged in, but I have to relog every 30-90 seconds on some, but not all, sites. It's making it impossible to use those sites, like facebook. I appreciate your continued replies to this. Why am I not staying logged in for more than a minute or so at some sites? This is so annoying and something I've never experienced. I can't ask for help at my nerd forum because I can't stay logged in there either!
The thing is I did delete over a hundred cookies and after I restarted I only went to the New York Times and facebook and a private forum. Before doing any browsing at those sites, I looked to see what cookies were listed and all the cookies I had deleted were listed, over a hundred, and I don't recognize most of the names.
I'm doing as you suggested alfy. So far no funny business. Although I the problem of not staying logged into sites that I check to auto login to and accept the cookies for is still happening. When replying to this for example, I logged in when first arriving at mahalo, navigated here, clicked to reply, typed in my comment, and then was prompted to relogin again. annoying.
Once you get back the cookies you agree to keep, those sites should not ask you for authentication again.
So if I am understanding this correctly, now you don't see those funny cookies appearing anymore?
Try this: remove all the cookie, restart your pc then open the cookie folder and keep it visible, let me know if you see cookies at this time, then open your browser and go somewhere like www.google.com, tell me if you see the cookies again.
I haven't had any problems remaining logged in to twitter or the new york times though. I had some problems staying logged in here at mahalo hours ago but I've been able to submit these two replies without a headache.