'Security' shows nothing re: cookies

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'Security' shows nothing re: cookies

I'm trying to check/remove cookies as I just had a popup that took 20 minutes before it disappeared. It was http://a.tribalfusion, which I've never seen before, so I thought I'd go in & manage cookies & to see nothing had been hacked (as though I'd be able to tell!) The popup went away after I began searching it's URL to see what/who it was.

I've got my settings pretty secure, I think, but am unable to access cookies via Security at all; nothing in there from any available options. Am I missing something?!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jun 5, 2011 12:54 AM

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EVO67

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Jun 5, 2011 1:07 AM in response to scottishlass

Hi,

Are you talking about the Security pane in the System Preferences? If so settings around cookies are managed by your browser. If you're using Safari you can find these settings under Safari -> Preferences -> Security, which will give you a screen like this:

The "Show Cookies" button will show all cookies and allow you to remove them.

Other browsers have similiar screens.

Eric

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scottishlass Author

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Jun 5, 2011 1:11 AM in response to EVO67

Hi Eric, thanks for such a quick response. Interesting, my screen looks nothing like that & I don't know how to show you what mine looks like as you did...but I can tell you that mine has almost none of these options, & I'm going from System Preferences, to Security but~oops, maybe not from Safari...erm, may feel like a dope here in a moment. I'm going to check again...brb!

Noelene

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scottishlass Author

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Jun 5, 2011 1:19 AM in response to EVO67

Eric, I officially feel like a dope! I was looking from the System Preferences screen *sigh* I'm tired. I found the right screen~thanks! Last question: are you familiar w/this a.tribalfusion? It seems to be a 'High' danger spyware, which I've not had problems w/at all since I switched to Mac 3 1/2 yrs ago. Should I be worried that it may have infiltrated my Mac? Or did it just show up & disappear b/c it couldn't? I'm computer illiterate, to be sure.

I did search for any form of tribal anything, and the only thing showing is something called TRIBE.NET, which is all caps & said to expire in '78 (of this century?!) I use Private Browsing & all my settings are indeed tight. I had it tighter a bit ago but I couldn't access a thing via Internet, so I had a Mac-savvy trusted friend help. This is the 1st time ever I've had anything like it.

Thank you very much for your help, Eric 🙂 Noelene

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EVO67

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Jun 5, 2011 2:18 AM in response to scottishlass

Hi Noelene,

Glad that worked out.

scottishlass wrote:

Last question: are you familiar w/this a.tribalfusion? It seems to be a 'High' danger spyware, which I've not had problems w/at all since I switched to Mac 3 1/2 yrs ago.

I'm not familiar with it but a search on "a.tribalfusion" in Google gives a lot of hits. Seems some kind of advertising service used on some sites.

What you can do (all in Safari, so not in System Preferences 😉):

Make sure in the Safari menu the setting "Block Pop-Up Windows" is checked.
In the Security Screen, where we've been before, make sure to accept only cookies from sites you visit.
Remove all your cookies and restart Safari.

If the problem persists it might be good idea to create a separate topic on "a.tribalfusion". There for sure are people around here who have encountered it and can help you better than I can.

Eric

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