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help cant use sites using cookies

curraghyid · 2013-01-07 16:40:15

i am not sure if a virus is causing this problem but i cannot log into gmail it tells me browsers cookies are turned off, and i am unable to use many sites like bank, aer lingus amongst others . so far i have used spybot and ccleaner and no change, any ideas anyone.:(

07-01-2013 05:40PM

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curraghyid

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i am not sure if a virus is causing this problem but i cannot log into gmail it tells me browsers cookies are turned off, and i am unable to use many sites like bank, aer lingus amongst others . so far i have used spybot and ccleaner and no change, any ideas anyone.:(

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#2 07-01-2013 05:46PM

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What browser are you using? It may be how you have it configured.

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#3 07-01-2013 05:53PM

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ie9

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#4 07-01-2013 06:02PM

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http://www.timeanddate.com/custom/cookiesie.html

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#5 07-01-2013 06:15PM

curraghyid

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tried that and no change, have already tried allow all cookies even switched off all security functions, i have tried using safari and can access gmail using it, just not ie.

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#6 07-01-2013 07:39PM

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Wouldn't be a virus issue. Do you have extensions installed for IE ?

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#7 07-01-2013 10:18PM

curraghyid

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ASJ112 wrote: »

Wouldn't be a virus issue. Do you have extensions installed for IE ?

I dont know what you mean by extensions, could you give me an example of an extension.

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