Originally Posted by BlackCrayon

So in the middle of the night i start hearing my computer make the 'alert' noises every so often. I check in the morning and i have this window that says

"cookies is a windows system folder and is required for windows to run properly. it cannot be deleted"

what the hell...i never tried to delete anything. now this error pops up every so often. i thought maybe it was a virus. i do a scan with comodo but nothing shows up. does anyone know why my computer might be doing that? i am running xp.