Acronis privacy expert suite 8.0 User Manual
Working with Acronis Privacy Expert Suite
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Completely clean the PC, including Windows and Internet components, run Entire
PC Clean-up
Clean your PC of spyware, run Spyware Removal
Clean Windows components along with user files and folders, run System
Clean-up
Remove all traces of your work on the Internet and e-mail, select
Internet Clean-up.
2.5
Acronis Privacy Expert Suite options
If you regularly use Acronis Privacy Expert Suite, you can provide custom
preferences for typical situations.
preferences for typical situations.
The Options window can be invoked in different ways:
From the sidebar of the Acronis Privacy Expert Suite main window
From Settings of the main menu
By clicking the Options icon on the Toolbar
From the sidebar of the Acronis Privacy Expert Suite main window
From Settings of the main menu
By clicking the Options icon on the Toolbar
2.5.1 General
options
The General section contains the following items:
Start Clean-up/Removal Wizard – if you flag this item, Acronis Privacy Expert
Start Clean-up/Removal Wizard – if you flag this item, Acronis Privacy Expert
Suite will ask each time before it runs the clean-up wizard for the given
component or the entire category. Otherwise, the clean-up will be performed
automatically without user confirmation.
component or the entire category. Otherwise, the clean-up will be performed
automatically without user confirmation.
Show Summary – if you flag this item, the program will show you the
clean-up summary after each session.
Treat shortcuts as separate files – if you flag this item, the shortcut target will
be left untouched. Otherwise, target files will be deleted along with the
shortcuts.
shortcuts.
2.5.2 Clean-up
Options
In the Clean-up Options group, you can set the common data destruction
method that will be used by default for any PC clean-up operation,
independently of category.
method that will be used by default for any PC clean-up operation,
independently of category.
In this section, you will see all data destruction methods available in Acronis
Privacy Expert Suite by clicking your mouse on the drop-down list in the
righthand part of the editor.
Privacy Expert Suite by clicking your mouse on the drop-down list in the
righthand part of the editor.
If you need to ensure:
maximum security while destroying files, select Peter Gutmann’s method (35
data destruction cycles), but please keep in mind that this method requires
the greatest amount of time to complete the task
the greatest amount of time to complete the task
mid-level security at an average speed of clean-up, select VSITR or Bruce
Schneier’s method (seven data destruction cycles)