Cookies File Names

Qui-Gon John · Post by **Qui-Gon John** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:51 pm

I just noticed that my computer has changed the way the file names for IE are showing up in Windows Explorer. I have XP SP2 with IE8.

They used to have my profile name "owner" and then the website, such as [email]owner@www.cnn.com[1].txt[/email].

Now they appear with a random 8 character number/letter and then .txt., such as 9NPRTKM7.txt.

Can anyone explain why this is? Is my computer infected with some virus or malware?

TonyT · Post by **TonyT** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:45 pm

The name change is a result of an update from MS updates.

Qui-Gon John · Post by **Qui-Gon John** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:57 pm

Another stupid MS move. It was much easier to browse through the cookies and delete ones you didn't want, but keep ones that are useful, like various bank sites, etc. I mistakenly wiped all the text name ones out and then found my bank no longer showed my computer registered, those kind of problems.