I ran a full scan while I was afk and I keep getting the same tracking cookie "cookie AMTD" or something..
So I've been trying to run a full scan again but it seems to only do it within a few minutes? could somebody explain to me how this works as a full scan usually takes me a hour?
much appreciated thanks.
vjr wrote:I ran a full scan while I was afk and I keep getting the same tracking cookie "cookie AMTD" or something..
So I've been trying to run a full scan again but it seems to only do it within a few minutes? could somebody explain to me how this works as a full scan usually takes me a hour?
much appreciated thanks.
Hi,
If you run one full scan right after another Norton might recognize that nothing has changed since the last scan and skip all of the files that are still clean and unchanged from the last scan.
If you do nay surfing and interact with any of the sites you visit it follows that they will leave you with a 'cookie' [a small text file that identifies where you left off on your last visit]. They are usually harmless and you can eliminate them from your scans if you want to keep them.
I am assuming that you are running the current version of 360 and that it is up to date.
Oh okay that might explain why it skipped the files on the scan.
I may have too look up the tracking cookie atdmt as it appears in my results everytime even after it gets fixed.
This might help
Atdmt is a tracking cookie developed and operated by Atdmt.com. Like other tracking cookie companies, Atdmt.com supplies advertisement solutions for business companies on the Internet. While it appears that it is a legitimate tool, Atdmt has been recognized by many antivirusprograms as a tracking cookie that relies on keywords to perform malicious activity. It may also go by other alias names such as atdmt.net but one thing is for sure, it's a dangerous program contrary to what to what its developers say.
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I've removed the links so that this system doesn't get too upset. The above is from a quick search of the keyword 'adtmt'
Stay well and surf safe
Any idea how i should go about removing it? It keeps on coming back for some reasoN?
vjr wrote:Any idea how i should go about removing it? It keeps on coming back for some reasoN?
Have you tried running a full scan with Malwarebytes free scanner?
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free
It's Norton compatible and makes a great second opinion scanner. I try to run it every other week or so, just on general principles.
The adtmt.com tracking cookie belongs to Atlas Solutions, a part of Microsoft Advertising. It is difficult to remove and seems to be set by Microsoft products such as Windows Live Messenger and Live Mail, among others. It is not dangerous - tracking cookies have some possible privacy implications, but they are just text files and can't do anything more damaging than letting the advertiser know when you have visited a site hosting one of its ads.
You will probably have to remove the cookie manually, configure the privacy settings in your browser to block cookies from adtmt.com, and clear the browser cache. But the cookie belongs to a Microsoft company and is ubiquitous - it can prove very difficult to eradicate. Google is full of suggestions for removing this cookie, although I would recommend that you not download anything claiming to be an adtmt cookie removal program (who knows how legitmate any of those are?).
So the cookie is safe and I don't really need to remove it?
vjr wrote:So the cookie is safe and I don't really need to remove it?
The cookie will not harm your system. You just may receive a bit more in the way of advertising.