Boomyal
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I am being inundated with tracking cookies on my surfing PC. This is a pretty recent development. The computer gets so sluggish that when I type I am always several letters ahead of what is showing up on the screen. The opening of web pages are also slowed way down. I can run SuperAntiSpyWare and it will come up with 100+ cookies. I let the program delete them and the PC returns to normal operation for a short while.
Just hours later, I will run the program again and there are another 100 or so cookies. Even immediately after clearing them out I can sign on to The Drudge Report and there will be a box at the top showing advertisements for things that I had previously looked a, such as products from Staples.
What should I be doing. I really find it hard to believe that this is a function of Win XP. I am using Firefox as my browser.
Just hours later, I will run the program again and there are another 100 or so cookies. Even immediately after clearing them out I can sign on to The Drudge Report and there will be a box at the top showing advertisements for things that I had previously looked a, such as products from Staples.
What should I be doing. I really find it hard to believe that this is a function of Win XP. I am using Firefox as my browser.