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How to Remove ancestry.com Cookie from Your Computer
You can effectively remove the ancestry.com cookie from your computer with Exterminate It!.
After installing the program, run a scan to display the ancestry.com cookie in the Scan Result screen and remove this file. For information on running scans and removing the items found, see the Exterminate It! Help.
Please note, that during the removal of the ancestry.com cookie using Exterminate It!, the cookie is only temporarily removed and it will be automatically recreated when you visit the ancestry.com website again, or when you visit any other website that uses any of the ancestry.com components.
For information on how to permanently prevent the ancestry.com cookie from being recreated, refer to Permanent Blocking of ancestry.com Cookie section.
You can effectively remove ancestry.com cookie
from your computer with Exterminate It!
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Tracking Cookie
Normally, cookies, which are small text files that certain Web sites leave on computers to store information identifying users and customize Web site content for them (such as the user’s Web site settings and preferences, a list of visited pages, computer details, and shopping card information), are harmless. However, some cookies may be used to track and transmit browsing preferences or other private information to online marketers and spammers.
How Did ancestry.com Cookie Appear at My PC?
The following are the most likely reasons why your computer got populated with ancestry.com cookie:
- You have directly visited ancestry.com
- A website that you have visited uses some of the components (pages, files, images, and so on) of the ancestry.com website
- A software application with Internet-enabled functionality that had previously accessed the ancestry.com website was running on your PC (in this case, the ancestry.com cookie will be saved in Internet Explorer)
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Detecting ancestry.com Cookie
You can detect the presence of the ancestry.com cookie in your system using the Exterminate It! antimalware application. This way, the detection and removal will be performed automatically. Alternatively, you can choose to perform the following steps, depending on the browser you are using:
To detect ancestry.com cookie in Internet Explorer (IE)
Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)
- From the Tools menu, or the Tools list in the upper right section, select Internet Options
- Under Browsing History, click Settings
- Click View Objects or View Files
- Check if for the ancestry.com cookie is present on the list
Internet Explorer 5.x-6.x (IE5-IE6)
- From the Tools menu, select Options or Internet Options
- In the General tab, click Settings
- Select View Files
You can identify the ancestry.com cookie files by checking the file names beneath the Name or Internet Address column. The files will contain the Cookie: ancestry.com element.
To detect ancestry.com cookie in Mozilla Firefox (FF)
- From the Tools menu, select Options
- In the upper section of the Options window, click Privacy
- In the Cookies tab, click Show Cookies or remove individual cookies link
- In the Cookies window, enter ancestry.com in the Search field and run a search, or you can scroll down the list to check whether the ancestry.com cookie is present there
Permanent Blocking of ancestry.com Cookie on Your PC
Below, you will find instructions on how to block the ancestry.com cookie permanently in the different browsers.
To block ancestry.com cookie in Internet Explorer
- From the Tools menu of Internet Explorer, select Internet Options
- Select the Privacy tab, and then click Sites. The Per site privacy actions window will be displayed
- In the Per site privacy actions window, enter ancestry.com in the Address of Web site field
- Click Block
To block ancestry.com cookie in Mozilla Firefox
- From the Tools menu, select Options
- In the upper section of the Options window, click Privacy
- In the Cookies tab, click Exceptions
- In the new Exceptions - Cookies window, enter ancestry.com in the Address of Website field and click Disable
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