Maintenance Programs allow you to optimize your web browsers so that they are faster, more stable and safer to use. The following programs are available:
- Clean Browser Caches: Browsers create so called "Caches" in order to load websites faster by storing its resources locally for later. Large caches can slow down your web browsers and can also be exploited by EverCookies as temporary storage.
- Clean HTML Local & Global Storage: HTML5's storage facilities allow web applications to store special, larger cookies to allow them to save preferences. This storage is also exploited by "zombie cookies" (cookies which recreate themselves after deletion) and should be regularly cleaned. Local passwords and your web browsers' preferences will be unaffected. Please note that any browser extensions you have installed will be reset to their default settings.
- Clean Browsing History: Every website you open in your web browser will be added to your browsing history. This will cause your history file to continue growing in size, slowing your web browser with time.
- Clean Downloaded Files: Downloads from the internet will be stored in your "Downloads" directory. This will cause your "Downloads" directory to continue growing in size, which can quickly use up valuable hard drive space. By default, Cookie Stumbler will only remove downloads which are older than one month. This limitation can be customized in Cookie Stumbler's Preferences screen. Note that your Downloads will never be cleaned automatically and that this process requires your explicit permission to execute.
Tip: Maintain your web browsers regularily for the safest and fastest browsing experience possible. The best way to achieve this is using a cleaning schedule.
What's an EverCookie?
EverCookie is a Javascript API available that produces extremely persistent cookies in a browser. Its goal is to identify a client even after they've removed standard cookies, Flash cookies (Local Shared Objects or LSOs), and others. EverCookie accomplishes this by storing the cookie data in several types of storage mechanisms that are available on the local browser. Additionally, if EverCookie has found the user has removed any of the types of cookies in question, it recreates them using each mechanism available.