Tracking cookies question

To add to the fun (?) & confusion, I had my first (known) online virus attack episode last night! Oh my goodness!
Trend certainly gets you pressing the panic buttons! Danger, danger, danger !!!!! - shut off your internet connection! NOW!
I did & had a helluva time figuring out how to restore it.
Ah, exciting adventures in Luddite Land!

One last Luddite question, if I may. (Hey, I might even get a response! )

What's a JSP file? When I tried to clear out my tempory internet files (along with cookies & history file, too, as usual) last night this particular one would not be moved! It's still there this morning. This is the first time I've had this happen. Should I be concerned? And how can I remove it?

JSP = javaserver page file.

I don't fully understand what they do so I best not comment.

re cookies
Update ad aware. Run adaware. Delete as adaware suggests. Immediatly run your Trend AV see if the cookies are still there. If yes do the housecall.

Data miner cookies are not viruses. they keep track of the places you go and info you recieve on the internet. This info is used to determine what advertisments you get to see.

A .jsp file typically is nothing to worry about, and, by themselves, neither are tracking cookies. Essentially, .jsp files are used by your browser to render particular webpage components built on Java Technology; while nothing is impossible the likelyhood a .jsp file might be malicious is extremely remote. Tracking cookies, as dadpad said, pretty much just identify where your browser has been, though that info can be used to facillitate serving specific ads to your browser, it also can be used to prevent your browser from serving an ad you've already seen. My advice is to just let your antispyware or antivirus softaware, and/or your cleanup software if you use it, do as they please with both .jsp files and tracking cookies.

Thank you very much for taking the time to share your knowledge & for the advice, dadpad & timber.

It's a relief to know that nothing is drastically wrong. So much was happening to my computer last night that I was seriously wondering ...

Incidentally the stuck, "offending" JSP file is an A2K/intel (? proper name?) one. Something to do with "chunks". Never had that happen before. It's still there.

Thats reasonable; it has to do with the green-underlined keyword advertising which helps support A2K - see This.

But what had me confused, timber, is that it had never happened before & I was wondering how come this time when I cleared my temporary internet files, cookies & history files that one file remained. (I've been doing this before I log off for years now.) Normally every single thing vanishes from my temporary internet files when I do that.

Ain't Windows wunnerful? :wink: :wink:



"Its not a bug, its a feature."

Tell you what, timber ... between Trend & it's alarming 'tracking" warnings, a real bona fide virus attempt (Danger, danger, danger!) then finding I couldn't clear my temp files as usual.... well, you know, it was a baffling evening!


Oh, & my MSN & Outlook icons just vanished altogether from my taskbar, too! <whimper>

Watta night!

When I have a minute, soon, I'm going to unplug Bertha (my trusty computer) & take her for a little visit to my trusty tech. This Luddite has had enough excitement for the time-being. Time for a bit of check-up, I think.

Prolly not an altogether bad idea, but remember to back up to removable media all of your important personal stuff. Once Bertha gets her professional tune-up, you oughtta give some serious thought to getting yourself into the habit of practicing Safe Hex - treated in a more detailed, slightly techier - but still very accessible for the tech-impaired - manner Here


An ounce of prevention and all that,ya know :wink: :cool:

Thanks, timber.

I just want to report that Bertha has (so far! Touch wood!) suffered no stuff-ups at all today.
Perhaps there was a full moon, or something, last night? :wink:

Msolga--

I can identify with your bewildered, guilt-ridden suffering. Computers inhabit a mysterious, new-fangled world and those of us who lack the pass keys are doomed to recurrent trepidation.

Thank you for your understanding, Noddy. You're obviously a woman who knows about the pain I've beem through!

... & I know about yours! :wink:

Guess what? I'm receiving 2 of each email today!

(A new version of Outlook has been installed ... that's the way it's been from the start. More bloody tinkering! <sigh>)

(ps ... Noddy24 is flowering! Yes! She's doing very well, considering the drought & all .... !)

... but this is the good news: last night when I cleared my temporary internet files that stubborn JSP file vanished with the rest! Just like that! A nice, empty, white space where it had doggedly lingered for a while!


Ah, progress!

Msolga--

"Drought" is one way of framing the problem on this side of the world. I appreciate your faithful watering. I find it pleasant to contemplate rose roots in Australia.

OK.
Climate change.

Over here the Democrats now control the House and Senate and "Global Warming" is not acceptable usage.

Really, Noddy?

What is, do tell!

Sorry. "Global Warming" is now IN. "Climate Change" is now OUT.