Acronis privacy expert suite 8.0 User Manual
Internet Clean-up
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Chapter 4. Internet Clean-up
4.1 General
information
The greatest threat to the privacy of your work has the Web as its source. You
have read about it in the Introduction, which also describes system sections
where traces of user actions are stored. The cache, cookies, visited pages and
history form autocomplete lists and passwords are stored in different places on
your system, depending on your browser. You can clean up all of them with
Acronis Privacy Expert Suite
have read about it in the Introduction, which also describes system sections
where traces of user actions are stored. The cache, cookies, visited pages and
history form autocomplete lists and passwords are stored in different places on
your system, depending on your browser. You can clean up all of them with
Acronis Privacy Expert Suite
Internet Clean-up.
The Internet Clean-up category enables you to:
Completely remove all traces of your Web and e-mail actions using the
Internet Clean-up Wizard
Clean up separate system components related to Web actions, i.e. clean
up visited pages list, empty cache, etc
Fine-tune the Internet Clean-up Wizard to suit your needs
4.2
Using the Internet Clean-up Wizard
The Internet Clean-up Wizard enables you to completely remove all traces of
your Web and e-mail actions.
your Web and e-mail actions.
It enables you to:
Clean up Temporary Internet files that are stored on your PC hard disk
while you browse the Web to speed up loading next time you visit the same
page
page
Remove cookies, small text files created on your PC when you visit a Web
site. Such cookies might contain user name and other information entered
during, say, registration at the Web site
during, say, registration at the Web site
Remove downloaded files (ActiveX elements) that can be installed secretly
while you browse Web sites. ActiveX elements enable Web pages to act like
applications and dynamically change content. At the same time, ActiveX
elements might be used maliciously to gain access to your PC
applications and dynamically change content. At the same time, ActiveX
elements might be used maliciously to gain access to your PC
Clean up visited Web sites history
Clean up Web site addresses typed in the address field
Remove form autocomplete lists stored by the browser to speed up filling
various forms
Remove passwords stored by a browser to speed up authorization on Web
sites
Securely remove e-mail messages (from Microsoft Outlook and Outlook
Express)