My OperaThe My Opera forums have been replaced with forums.opera.com. Please head over there to discuss Opera's products and features
See the new ForumsYou need to be logged in to post in the forums. If you do not have an account, please sign up first.
AVG antivirus identifies cookie4.dat as virus
I think this can be a reason for me to never use opera.Why antivirus identifies opera cookie4.dat as virus?
This is a false-positive from AVG Anti-Virus. According Avast! Anti-virus and Panda Anti-Virus Pro cookies4.dat file is clean.
Windows 7 SP1 x86 edition and Windows XP Service Pack 3.
If you need any help from me with regards to Opera, please make a comment on any of my blog posts.
Support Opera wishes
If you need any help from me with regards to Opera, please make a comment on any of my blog posts.
Support Opera wishes
This is probably a false positive. You have nothing to worry about.
cookie4.dat is where your cookies are stored, so either AVG marked it as suspicious because there's a domain in there which is known as a malware site or the binary data just happens to look like a virus.
If you don't care too much about your cookies, you could just delete them and start over (this will log you out of all websites, clear session states etc.), this should get rid of the error message as well.
cookie4.dat is where your cookies are stored, so either AVG marked it as suspicious because there's a domain in there which is known as a malware site or the binary data just happens to look like a virus.
If you don't care too much about your cookies, you could just delete them and start over (this will log you out of all websites, clear session states etc.), this should get rid of the error message as well.
Originally posted by d4n3:
AVG marked it as suspicious because there's a domain
I don't know about this case but cookies4.dat could be containing tracking cookies. Tracking cookies are often treated as low-risk viruses, that's why the user is never alerted by most antiviruses I tried - Norton, Panda, Avast!, BitDefender and Microsoft Security Essentials - for tracking cookies. I remember once having AVG on my system and yes, it sent heavy and distracting alerts just for these small issues.
Windows 7 SP1 x86 edition and Windows XP Service Pack 3.
If you need any help from me with regards to Opera, please make a comment on any of my blog posts.
Support Opera wishes
If you need any help from me with regards to Opera, please make a comment on any of my blog posts.
Support Opera wishes
Forums » Dev.Opera » Opera Extensions Development Discussions