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Tracks Eraser

Did You Know ?

Your computer tracks your activities, and saves the information to the hard disk, including :

The web sites you have visited - web pages, pictures, movies, videos, cookies, etc..
The Windows Run history , recent documents, temporary files, open/save dialog box, etc.
Applications like Office, Realplayer, Mediaplayer, QuickTime,Winzip also log where you have been.

Your web browser's built-in privacy functions will not protect you as much information can not be removed manually.
Tracks stored on your computer :

Location Bar History : the sites you visit - Windows' won't remove them

Cookies :   Web sites place small [ text ] files on your browser to keep track of your on-line activity. Cookies are really useful when you want a web site to auto-sign you into a registration process. These cookis are used to track you through the site. With Tracks Eraser , you can select which cookies you want to erase and which to keep.

Cache & History :    Your browser saves visited web pages, and their images, to your hard drive whether you clicked on them or didn't. This is to save you from having to re-download the information on your next visit. It also means that a lot of data is being saved to your hard drive. Anyone who uses your computer can discover your browsing habits.

Autocomplete Memory : Internet Explorer stores a record of nearly everything that you type into any web-site form : keywords typed into a search engine, your personal information- your name and address, and more. (example)

Index.dat :     If you regularly clean out your cache, cookies, and history from Internet Explorer, the index.dat files ( they reveal sites visited and cookies stored ) will not be deleted.

IE Plug-Ins : They provide functions that the browser can not. Some chat room and games may use plug-ins to accomplish special functions

Recent Documents : This lists the most recent 15 documents that you have accessed. Any of them can be opened by clicking on the document's name.

Windows Search History :    Windows saves these files so that when you want to do searches, you don't need to re-enter the information. This lets others know what you have been searching.

Start Menu Run History : Windows stores these programs in the start menu run text box. so that you don't have to re-enter the information, but it allows others to know what you searched.

Windows Temp. files : Windows saves them to a folder. You should clean it regularly to remove tains traces of your computer activity. (example)

Open/Save History Windows records files opend and files saved, in the registry. Every time you open or save a file, it displays a list of files accessed, and is available to others.

Office Recent Documents : Other than Recent Documents above, the Office Recent Documents file stores recently-accessed office files - Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, etc. - in the system registry. They are not deleted when you delete Recent Documents.

RealPlayer Playlist : RealPlayer saves the Internet location and video / sound files in the registry for others to see.

MediaPlayer Playlist : Same as for RealPlayer, above.

Other Applications : Most applications and programs store recently- accessed files and history data. To prevent others seeing them, you can erase them with Tracks Eraser Pro's free plug-ins. ..

Wth one click , Tracks Eraser can automatically erase all the above tracks !