Norton Internet Security / Norton AntiVirus

[AuntC]

I tell them to fix it as with the other cookies

[NY1986]

I always say fix, because I like it cleaned out

[NY1986]

Too bad, I like my Norton and I'm keeping it

[GreatNate1312]

dude if you think Norton is so dumb than what are you doing yapping on here???

[yourweld]

At this point, there has to be an actual explanation as to what this is.  Raises my suspicions a binch, especially when it's not forthcoming this far.

Hopefully 'Orphan Cleanup' might be nothing more than a new form of tracking cookie(s) which MSIE allows to be scripted such that this type of cookie(s) may avoid the occaisional hazardous results in removing a particularly aggressive form of tracking cookie(s).

Or could this thing be a cookie re-naming thing, so users are disallowed seeing it's real name?

I haven't yet been able to find and open such a cookie, but if one finds a cookies somewhere, might not it's open ing in Notepad or ordPad, reveal something about this thing?

Interesting that before I permit Norton's fix action', a search of all 'my' files (hidden included) for "Orphan Cleanup", failed to reveal any such file on 'my' Windows XPH SP3 OS.

[delphinium Norton Fighter]

If you go to the solution, which is marked in this thread, you will see that a Symantec staff member has already explained it.

[dodger39]

I thought Dennis_Lawler answered this on the previous page.

Whoops, you beat me to it Del

Message Edited by dodger39 on 03-09-2009 12:09 AM

[yourweld]

Clearly my post evidences those to date Symantic Employee responses are rather blurry, hence what I see as appropriate comments.

[huwyngr Norton Fighter]

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wguru wrote:
Clearly my post evidences those to date Symantic Employee responses are rather blurry, hence what I see as appropriate comments.

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This seems pretty clear to me:

<< The "Orphan Cleanup" cookie is a special operation that simply cleans up these extra cookies. 

This cookie has actually been around ever since the Tracking Cookie Cleanup feature was added - however, it was not previously visible, so there appeared to be a discrepancy between the list of cookies displayed, and the count that Norton reported. >>

[dodger39]

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wguru wrote:
Clearly my post evidences those to date Symantic Employee responses are rather blurry, hence what I see as appropriate comments.

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I don't see any thing blurry about the Symantec response. It was explained what the cookie was and why you are seeing it now.

Clear and precise.

BTW I clean my glasses, then I don't get blurry text.