Unidentified Flash Cookies App on Macbook Pro

Question

My computer has been running a little slower than normal. I decided to run a "privacy scan" app which identified 5 installed applications on my computer. I did not recognize one called "flash cookies". I tried to find it on my computer and was unsuccessful. I even searched the App Store and there was not an app with this name. Is it some sort of malware? This could be a regular Mac app that I am not aware of, but I just want to be clear because I am not able to find any information about it. I don't remember downloading it, or it being part of a program that I downloaded. It's very odd. Any help is much appreciated. I attached a photo of the privacy scan.

Answer 1

kappadeltakanna wrote:
Thank you so much for the very informative answer FatMac! I carried out both of your options, and the "flash cookies" application still won't go away from the list of identified applications in "privacy scan". The list is composed of Safari, QuickTime, Finder, Preview, and Flash Cookies. It must not be a super cookie because it would have been deleted. I can't find it anywhere on my computer except when it comes up in the privacy scan list, and they are just identifying it as an application not as a threat to my computer. It's a mystery to me.
In looking through the Privacy Scan user's "guide" I think it's a mystery because of how poorly designed the interface and operation of Privacy Scan is. It looks like the list of installed applications in your screen shot only refers to where Privacy Scan can look, and the check boxes show you which of them you want scanned. The Flash (or Super) Cookies that I'm familiar with will be in the Macromedia directory if you have any. When you run a scan, Flash cookies should be listed in the Privacy Scan Results window if you have any. If it isn't in the Results list, you don't have any (at least according to Privacy Scan) but it will still be listed in the Installed Applications window so you can include or omit that category from the scan.
One of the reasons I suggested Opera is that, with the Macromedia directory list in a Finder window, you can run the "Clear Browsing Data..." routine and actually watch the Super Cookies disappear.
But assuming Privacy Scan actually works, if Flash Cookies don't appear in the "Results" list, you don't have to worry about them.