What Tracks Are Stored On
Your Computer?
Cache(Temporary Internet
File)
Browser such as IE saves web pages, images from
visited Web sites into your hard drive whether you click on them or
not, so that next time when you visit you won't have to re-download
the image. But this means that many megabytes of data of all types
get saved to you hard drive. Anyone who can use your computer can
tell where you have been browsing on the web and see what images
you've looked at, what banners have been shown, etc. Erases these
files to avoid others determining the pages you have been recently
viewing.
Cookies
Web sites send small text files to your browser to keep track of
your on-line sessions. They are particularly useful when you want a
Web site to auto-sign you into a registration process. Cookies
cannot be used to execute code (run programs) or deliver viruses to
your computer. However web sites also use cookies to track you
through the site. With Privacy Eraser, you can select which cookies
you want to erase and which one you want to keep.
Browser's
History
Browser such as IE saves web pages, images from visited web sites
into your hard drive whether you click on them or not, so that next
time when you visit you won't have to re-download the image. But
this means that many megabytes of data of all types get saved to
you hard drive. Anyone who can use your PC can tell where you have
been browsing on the web.
Location Bar
History
The location bar shows some of the most recent sites you've visited
and search history from from search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN
etc.), it's located in your browser where you type in the web
address bar of Internet Explorer, Google, Yahoo, MSN. Therefore,
anyone else can see where you've been and what you've
done.
Autocomplete
Memory
Internet Explorer (IE) can store a record of almost everything that
you typed into any web site form. Form data can be things such as
all the keywords you have ever typed into a search engine and
personal information such as your name and address.
Index.dat
The index.dat files are always LOCKED during a Windows session and
can not be deleted manually. Even if you clean up your cache,
cookies, and history from within the Internet Explorer (IE) browser
regularly, the index.dat files will continue to store information
about what web sites you have visited and what cookies have been
saved, this also grows to enormous size and slows your computer
down.
IE Downloaded Program Files Directory
This folder contains any ACTIVEX or OCX components that have been
downloaded from the web and installed as plugins into your browser.
For example, some chat room and games may use plug-ins to
accomplish special functions.
Recent Documents
Lists the last 15 document files that you have accessed, allowing
any of these documents to be reopened simply by clicking on the
name of the document.
Windows Search History
Windows and IE saves the files, text and computers you have ever
searched, so when you want to search again, you do not need to type
again, but others can also find what you have searched on your
computer.
Start Menu Run History
Windows stores the programs you ran in the start menu run text box.
so that you do not need to type if you want to run it again, but it
will also let others have the choice to see what program you have
run.
Open/Save History
Windows records you opened and saved files list in
registry.
Windows Temporary Files Directory
The Windows temporary directory stores temporary files that are
used during installation of programs and at other various times.
Erasing this directory regularly is generally a good idea. (Note:
All contents of this directory are purged during a erasing, so be
sure that there are no files contained in this directory that you
wish to keep or that are needed by other programs).
Windows SWAP File
Swap file is used by windows to increase your available memory.
Swap files managed your computers Virtual Memory. If this files is
not present then Windows will recreate the file when user login on
system. Normally its of double the size of RAM and present in
windows folder in Windows 98 and root directory of system drive in
Windows NT\2000\XP but user can change drive according the size
required. Name of this file is Win386.swp in Windows 98 and
pagefile.sys in Windows NT\2000\XP. Windows always have lock on
this file. So this option required restart of Windows, this files
is deleted just before Windows login dialog box comes.
RealOne Player & MediaPlayer Play Files
List
RealOne Player & MediaPlayer records the recent played Internet
location, video and sound files in the registry.
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