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[Dch48]

I don't know if this has been posted before or not. Just wanted to post this regarding flash player. When you delete your temporary internet files the flash player history is not deleted. ccleaner does not remove this history. I'm not sure how many people are actually aware of it. I don't care for this at all.

Please see Adobe Flash Player Settings Manager here. http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html

CCleaner removes things related to the Flash Player. Are these things you mention different?

[Charyb-0]

CCleaner removes things related to the Flash Player. Are these things you mention different?

Even with adobe flash player selected in ccleaner these "cookies" seem to still remain. I run ccleaner before creating an image. I restored an image and the flash cookies were still there. It should have been clean.

Here is an article on these "flash cookies".
http://blog.itsecurityexpert.co.uk/2007/12/hidden-flash-cookies.html
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Shared_Object

You could also google "how to delete flash player history" or "flash cookies". There are a bunch of articles on this.

Go here http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html to see what websites are being stored by flashplayer on your computer.

[YoKenny]

Go here http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html to see what websites are being stored by flashplayer on your computer.

CCleaner does delete Flash Player cookies.

I can't see the The Settings Manager panel on Windows 7 though.

[Charyb-0]

It's supposed to but it doesn't seem to. At least on my machine it isn't removing these. I have the latest version of ccleaner. In adobe management console I set it to zero disk space under global settings and unticked allow third party flash content to store data and haven't seen a flash cookie lately.

http://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/ccleaner-settings/cleaning-flash-cookies

[Hermite15]

true CCleaner doesn't always clean the macromedia folder properly...(when flash player is checked) so if you got a problem with that, just add the folder to the custom section ("include") in CCleaner, and fyi Charyb, Adobe doesn't store its history/cookies in temporary internet files, but as said in the macromedia folder located in your Windows user profile.

C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia

[Asyn]

Even with adobe flash player selected in ccleaner these "cookies" seem to still remain.

For all FF users: Use BetterPrivacy.
Get rid of LSO cookies and DOM storage.
asyn

[Zyndstoff (aka Steven Gail)]

Now this is what I call a chart-breaker:

Before clicking: guess the first three places.  

Chip.de User Rating Chart


[EDIT] ...see screenshot for 37th place.

[Asyn]

Now this is, what I call a chart-breaker:

Wow.

[bob3160]

I like #8. It's probably there to remove Avira so they can install avast!6. 

[Zyndstoff (aka Steven Gail)]

I like #8. It's probably there to remove Avira so they can install avast!6. 

Ha ha ha... I got caught on the wrong foot at first as well. It's a tool for virus removal, not for removal of Avira. The name is a bit misleading. 

[Dch48]

Those are not ranked in order of most downloads, but by the approval rating.

[Hermite15]

Chrome Near 12%, IE And Firefox Decline

http://www.conceivablytech.com/7114/business/chrome-near-12-ie-and-firefox-decline
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=0

[Zyndstoff (aka Steven Gail)]

Those are not ranked in order of most downloads, but by the approval rating.

Right. Thats what I stated in the initial post:

Chip.de User Rating Chart

[YoKenny]

Google Celebrates First World's Fair With Animated Doodle
By Nicholas Jackson
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/05/google-celebrates-first-worlds-fair-with-animated-doodle/238102

[Dch48]

Chrome Near 12%, IE And Firefox Decline

http://www.conceivablytech.com/7114/business/chrome-near-12-ie-and-firefox-decline
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=0

I am trying out the latest Chrome and I have to say I like it a lot more than the earlier versions. I just wish there was a button for the bookmarks instead of having to show the whole bar.