Why would a website continue to show up in your history even after you deleted cookies and cleared the history?

Answer 1

TOTAL CLEANUP

1:click tools on the menu bar

2:click internet options

3:click delete files and also tick mark clear all offline contents

4:delete cookies

5:clear history

6:click settings

7:click view files

8:delete the contents if available

couldn't resist the spell check,lol.

be aware the most software will have 2 file names,others more. you need to get ALL the file names so that you can insure a COMPLETE removal [ norton-symantic--avast-alwil,ect ]

ok,the above is a partial answer. some software [ Norton,McAffie,AOL,ect ] leave bits and pieces all over the place. in both temp file folders [ what ! no one told you there are TWO ??? ],prefetch and even the registry.

start,my computer,disk drive (c),temp--open,click view,click select all,delete

BACK out and continue down to prefetch folder

open,click view,click select all,delete

let's check that cookie folder,ok,start,my computer,disk drive (c),documents & settings,your username,cookies

open,click view,click select all,delete

this next procedure is akin to BRAIN SURGERY SO PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!

PRESS WINDOWS KEY [ 4 PART FLAG ] + LETTER r ON KEYBOARD [ OR START--RUN ],ENTER

REGEDIT

GO

HKEY SURGERY

DANGER,DANGER,DANGER !

BACK UP REGISTTRY BEFORE ATTEMPTING DELETION/CHANGES

hkey_classes_root

subkeys:

run down the entire [ longgggg ] list for program key to delete

hkey_current_user

subkeys:

software

run down the entire [ longgggg ] list for program key to delete

hkey_local_machine

subkeys:

software

run down the entire [ longgggg ] list for program key to delete

hkey_users

subkeys:

default & 6 other S keys

run down the entire [ longgggg ] list for program key to delete

I'd also suggest you install Ccleaner & Registry Seeker [ google for these ] and run both those. both have program uninstall sections,check them to insure complete removal of offending programs.

There migh be the possibility that your cookies and the bookmarks are not closed completely this is the only possibility .