Logged off Message Boards - Should I be concerned?

Sarahjovi

Hi,

I am a member of 3 different message boards including this one! I set the log on's to remember me each time I go to that site! However today, every site has me logged off. Has something fishy gone on ie: downloaded a virus or bad cookie, or perhaps one of my children has done something they shouldn't (Unlikely).

Everything else seems OK and I have logged back on them all!

I have run Spybot and adaware as a precaution and updated AVG.

Thanks

Sarah:D

Arkad

The most likely answer is that your cookies have been inadvertantly deleted. This could have happened if someone clicked the 'Delete Cookies' button in Interet Explorer's options or you've ran a utility that cleans up you disk and deletes temporary files.

Sarahjovi

Thanks,

Is there a way of seeing when the cookies would have been deleted? Is there a log or something.

Sarah:D

slowen

go into

"my computer"
"C:"
"documents & settings"
= COOKIES

This will display all the cookies from the sites you have visited, some programs like ccleaner can remove cookies to save spac or you could have done it by accident

Sarahjovi

slowen wrote:

go into

"my computer"
"C:"
"documents & settings"
= COOKIES

This will display all the cookies from the sites you have visited, some programs like ccleaner can remove cookies to save spac or you could have done it by accident

Had a look and there are loads of cookies, which looks like they haven't been deleted! Very Strange!

Sarah:D

cwoodham

slowen wrote:

some programs like ccleaner can remove cookies to save spac or you could have done it by accident

If you use ccleaner, you can set it to remember cookies from sites you trust, for example this one.
To do this in ccleaner, click the Options button on the left, select the Cookies button then move the cookie called forums.moneysavingexpert.com from the left hand pane to the right hand pane.
Each time you run ccleaner, this cookie will now be saved.
You can do this for any other cookies from sites you trust. HTH