Elite Spyware?
- Thread starter Steve50
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This is why we shouldn't use a spyware program to check for spyware. 
The answer is in the results ... they're using cookies that can be used for tracking, it's not really spyware and like 99%(statistic made up on the spot) of the web uses them.
I haven't checked what qualifies as tracking cookie for the scanner nowadays but those are pretty common especially for marketing/usability monitoring ... then there's session cookies that probably shouldn't qualify for the scanners but also aren't really that different functionally and are required by the web pages to function.
Just want to point out that these are web browser cookies ... most likely from browsing the game website and the store ...
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You can delete them if you want, just don't block them in the browser.
I don't have them at all, what's the full folder path please? (Those are in the C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming\Frontier Developments folder yeah?)
they are mostly session cookies, when you first visited the site it prob put up a message like
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They are almost certainly used on both the forums and the store/support sites. They allow thing like, listing new posts since last visit, remeber items in your shopping basket. Some will also be used to profile you and tailor specific adverts to be displayed when you visit other sites.
Pretty harmless stuff really unless you belong to the "tin foil hat brigade"
Also that spyware prog looks less than legit!
Stick to tried and peer tested anti spyware tools like malware bytes or hitman pro
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They are almost certainly used on both the forums and the store/support sites. They allow thing like, listing new posts since last visit, remeber items in your shopping basket. Some will also be used to profile you and tailor specific adverts to be displayed when you visit other sites.
Pretty harmless stuff really unless you belong to the "tin foil hat brigade"
Also that spyware prog looks less than legit!
Stick to tried and peer tested anti spyware tools like malware bytes or hitman pro
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The elitedangerous.com site drags in Google goodness, including a doubleclick cookie; you may want to adblock that away, other than that, the cookies look rather benign.
I retract my last comment, a google search on it does indeed suggest legitimacy and its hosted on majorgeeks.
Hi,
I've just been doing my weekly PC maintenance (defragging, malware/spyware/virus scans) and it flagged up four tracking cookies, Elite related. Now I'm no expert in all this but whats going on here?
this is the funniest post i've ever seen on any forum ever
i'm litterally rolling on the floor laughing
that is spyware. i know because i've removed it from laptops and seen them visibly speed up
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SuperAntiSpyware is a legit software, been using it for years alongside others such as Malwarebytes etc.
@ Steve50, if you still have not removed those via SuperAntiSpyware, you could try running some scans with other decent Malware scanners (such as Malwarebytes or Emsisoft Antimalware etc). If those also pick something up you definitely have a problem to clean up.
Personally if SAS finds stuff on my PC i just let it delete/clean it off.
@ Steve50, if you still have not removed those via SuperAntiSpyware, you could try running some scans with other decent Malware scanners (such as Malwarebytes or Emsisoft Antimalware etc). If those also pick something up you definitely have a problem to clean up.
Personally if SAS finds stuff on my PC i just let it delete/clean it off.
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I you're using Firefox, can I suggest the following 'add-ons' for the browser?
Adblock Plus
Self-Destructing Cookies
BetterPrivacy
...and also reject 'third-party' cookies in the privacy tab.
It goes without saying that i have a wide selection of metallic millinery, but being tracked around the web seriously bugs me.
Adblock Plus
Self-Destructing Cookies
BetterPrivacy
...and also reject 'third-party' cookies in the privacy tab.
It goes without saying that i have a wide selection of metallic millinery, but being tracked around the web seriously bugs me.
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