iesnare and mpsnare spy cookies

Linux Support
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Last August I posted about concerns I have about spy cookies iesnare and mpsnare being installed on my computer. I added ‘Better Privacy’ to Firefox as advised and I thought all was well. However, I did a routine search and the following came up:

$ locate iesnare
/home/graham/.config/chromium/Default/Pepper Data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/4CRH7AF4/mpsnare.iesnare.com
/home/graham/.config/chromium/Default/Pepper Data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/4CRH7AF4/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/#mpsnare.iesnare.com
/home/graham/.config/chromium/Default/Pepper Data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/4CRH7AF4/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/#mpsnare.iesnare.com/settings.sol
/home/graham/.config/chromium/Default/Pepper Data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/4CRH7AF4/mpsnare.iesnare.com/stm.sol
/home/graham/.config/freshwrapper-data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/X6Y994R2/mpsnare.iesnare.com
/home/graham/.config/freshwrapper-data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/X6Y994R2/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/#mpsnare.iesnare.com
/home/graham/.config/freshwrapper-data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/X6Y994R2/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/#mpsnare.iesnare.com/settings.sol
/home/graham/.config/freshwrapper-data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/X6Y994R2/mpsnare.iesnare.com/stm.sol
graham@graham-HP-ProBook-455-G2 ~ $ locate mpsnare
/home/graham/.config/chromium/Default/Pepper Data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/4CRH7AF4/mpsnare.iesnare.com
/home/graham/.config/chromium/Default/Pepper Data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/4CRH7AF4/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/#mpsnare.iesnare.com
/home/graham/.config/chromium/Default/Pepper Data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/4CRH7AF4/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/#mpsnare.iesnare.com/settings.sol
/home/graham/.config/chromium/Default/Pepper Data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/4CRH7AF4/mpsnare.iesnare.com/stm.sol
/home/graham/.config/freshwrapper-data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/X6Y994R2/ci-mpsnare.iovation.com
/home/graham/.config/freshwrapper-data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/X6Y994R2/mpsnare.iesnare.com
/home/graham/.config/freshwrapper-data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/X6Y994R2/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/#ci-mpsnare.iovation.com
/home/graham/.config/freshwrapper-data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/X6Y994R2/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/#mpsnare.iesnare.com
/home/graham/.config/freshwrapper-data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/X6Y994R2/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/#ci-mpsnare.iovation.com/settings.sol
/home/graham/.config/freshwrapper-data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/X6Y994R2/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/#mpsnare.iesnare.com/settings.sol
/home/graham/.config/freshwrapper-data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/#SharedObjects/X6Y994R2/mpsnare.iesnare.com/stm.sol
graham@graham-HP-ProBook-455-G2 ~ $

It looks to my untrained eye that I have still got the 2 cookies, certainly on Chromium which I very rarely use. ‘Better Privacy’ is active on Firefox but how can I rid my computer of these cookies and, crucially, ensure they never come back, please?

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Those are flashplayer shared objects … read this

then go here:
https://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html
(you may have to disable any flashblockers whilst on this page)

and delete the shared objects.

then go here:
https://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html

and untick “Allow third party Flash content to store data on your computer”

You’ll probably need to do this in both Chromium and Firefox.

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;D Great help, thank you.

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No problem my friend :slight_smile: