how do you clean your cookies? and will this make my pc run faster?

Question

my pc was fast now its slow i checked for viruses and there are none any other ideas is to why it is slow? please help its driving me crazy!!! thanks in advance!!!

Answer 1

Good day.
Start, control panel, internet options. Under the general tab, u will see browsing history. Clear history, cookies and temporary internet files. In IE7, Click delete and then do what i named above.

If u have any programs that startup when windows starts and u dont use them, disable it. If u recently installed new programs eg Norton which causes system drag, thats the problem there. U can buy more memort to speed up the comp. Laterz.

Answer 2

I suspect that your computer might be infect with spyware. A computer suddenly slowing to a crawl is classical of spyware infection. Your antivirus will not detect it. There are a number of free antispyware scanners available. If you are using Windows XP then Microsoft's Windows Defender is a good choice. You can download it from microsoft download center or www.filehippo.com/software/antispyware/. Unlike antivirus programs, you can install more than one antispyware program - in fact, security experts recommend install multiple antispyware progams - just be sure only to scan one at a time. The filehippo website mentioned earlier lists programs other than Windows Defender; Spybot Search & Destroy and Lavasoft's Ad Aware are good choices as well. As with Windows Defender, install and update the programs before scanning. Be sure to quarantine - not delete - all suspicious files.

Download the program and update it. Afterwards, run a full scan of your computer and quarantine any suspicious files.

If you are using Internet Explorer, you can easily delete your browser's cookies by going to menu bar > tools > internet options > General tab > under browsing history, click [Delete]. You should also use Windows Disk Cleanup, go to start menu > all programs > accessories > system tools > disk cleanup > check the items to delete > [O.K.]. Done.

Deleting your cookies, temporary internet file and browser histor will do very little to speed up your computer. You can follow cleaning up obsolete file by defragmenting your hard drive, which will marginally improve performance. If you want some tips and tweaks on how to optimize performance, drop me an e-mail. I think your immediate problem is discovering and rectifying why your computer suddenly decided to slow down.

Answer 3

You can delete them thru Windows, although its easier to go to Lavasoft.com and download AdAware Personal SE. Its a try it for free deal. Windows: go to Control Panel and find Internet and Network Connections. After you click, at the bottom is Internet Options you click on it and the first tab is General- halfway down in the center it should say delete cookies. Another way to speed up is to Defrag. Under the start button is All Programs, then up top is Accessories(these are your system accessories) and then in that box at the bottom you'll find System Tools. It will list Defragmentation and Disk Cleanup. These are two of the most useful maintainence tools you'd ever use.

Answer 4

Unfortunatly if I were to guess from your description, you do have a virus.

Some modern day viruses are written to disable antivirus programs, so that they will not get the correct updates and display incorrect information. After these types of viruses are discovered by antivirus companies, they usualy add them to their virus definition (the master list of viruses, their charicterists, and how to resond to them). But untill they are found, they are know are zero day viruses, and if they gain access to your computer and deliver their payload, then you are out of luck... your antivirus programs will be unable to detect them, and there methods of updating are also comprimized...


Now... to answer your question...

Most cookies are simply little text files that hold a very small amount (around a line, normaly) of data. This data stores things like... If you are loged into your yahoo mail account, and under what account. To delete these files, click on tools > internet options > then click on delete cookies.

Will this make your computer quicker and return it to its normal speed? No. It will not.


I hope that helps...

Answer 5

Try this simple little program. http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/

It will delete lots of useless stuff. I have never had any problems with what this program deletes. You will notice a difference in speed.