Flash Cookies
For information about regular cookies see Cookies in Chapter 5
"Flash cookies are a new way of tracing your movement and storing a lot more information about you than with normal cookies. One major disadvantage of flash cookies is that you can’t locate them in your browser. They are not shown in the list of cookies that you can see when you take a look at the cookies that are currently saved in your web browser." From
http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/04/flash-cookies-explained/
To keep any of these off your computer and to delete any that you may have see:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager05.html
On the above page there are two settings you will want to look at:
The Global Storage Settings. You will probably find some sites there - this an image after the sites were deleted.
Website Storage Center (icon is second from right). Uncheck "Allow thrid-party Flash content to store data on your computer."
Last updated August 20, 2010