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How to Remove Sympatico Cookie from Your Computer

You can effectively remove the Sympatico cookie from your computer with Exterminate It!.

After installing the program, run a scan to display the Sympatico 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 Sympatico cookie using Exterminate It!, the cookie is only temporarily removed and it will be automatically recreated when you visit the Sympatico website again, or when you visit any other website that uses any of the Sympatico components.

For information on how to permanently prevent the Sympatico cookie from being recreated, refer to Permanent Blocking of Sympatico Cookie section.

You can effectively remove Sympatico cookie

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How Did Sympatico Cookie Appear at My PC?

The following are the most likely reasons why your computer got populated with Sympatico cookie:

• You have directly visited Sympatico
• A website that you have visited uses some of the components (pages, files, images, and so on) of the Sympatico website
• A software application with Internet-enabled functionality that had previously accessed the Sympatico website was running on your PC (in this case, the Sympatico cookie will be saved in Internet Explorer)

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Detecting Sympatico Cookie

You can detect the presence of the Sympatico 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 Sympatico cookie in Internet Explorer (IE)

Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)

1. From the Tools menu, or the Tools list in the upper right section, select Internet Options
2. Under Browsing History, click Settings
3. Click View Objects or View Files
4. Check if for the Sympatico cookie is present on the list

Internet Explorer 5.x-6.x (IE5-IE6)

1. From the Tools menu, select Options or Internet Options
2. In the General tab, click Settings
3. Select View Files

You can identify the Sympatico cookie files by checking the file names beneath the Name or Internet Address column. The files will contain the Cookie: Sympatico element.

To detect Sympatico cookie in Mozilla Firefox (FF)

1. From the Tools menu, select Options
2. In the upper section of the Options window, click Privacy
3. In the Cookies tab, click Show Cookies or remove individual cookies link
4. In the Cookies window, enter Sympatico in the Search field and run a search, or you can scroll down the list to check whether the Sympatico cookie is present there

Permanent Blocking of Sympatico Cookie on Your PC

Below, you will find instructions on how to block the Sympatico cookie permanently in the different browsers.

To block Sympatico cookie in Internet Explorer

1. From the Tools menu of Internet Explorer, select Internet Options
2. Select the Privacy tab, and then click Sites. The Per site privacy actions window will be displayed
3. In the Per site privacy actions window, enter Sympatico in the Address of Web site field
4. Click Block

To block Sympatico cookie in Mozilla Firefox

1. From the Tools menu, select Options
2. In the upper section of the Options window, click Privacy
3. In the Cookies tab, click Exceptions
4. In the new Exceptions - Cookies window, enter Sympatico in the Address of Website field and click Disable

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