Acronis privacy expert suite 8.0 User Manual
Introduction
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Introduction
What is Acronis Privacy Expert Suite?
Acronis Privacy Expert Suite is an integrated software suite that provides
confidentiality and protects standalone PCs or machines connected to the
Internet.
confidentiality and protects standalone PCs or machines connected to the
Internet.
The following capabilities of Acronis Privacy Expert Suite ensure PC
confidentiality:
Clean-up of spyware that secretly operates on a user’s PC
Proactive protection from spyware threats
PC hard disk and Windows partition clean-up of any traces of user actions
Unwanted pop-up ad blocking for convenient Web browsing
Guaranteed confidential data destruction on selected hard disks or disk
confidentiality:
Clean-up of spyware that secretly operates on a user’s PC
Proactive protection from spyware threats
PC hard disk and Windows partition clean-up of any traces of user actions
Unwanted pop-up ad blocking for convenient Web browsing
Guaranteed confidential data destruction on selected hard disks or disk
partitions
Unlike other software, Acronis Privacy Expert Suite fully removes evidence of PC
usage through the use of guaranteed data destruction methods.
usage through the use of guaranteed data destruction methods.
It also increases PC performance by cleaning out temporary files.
Why is it necessary to keep PC work confidential?
Working with a PC creates a number of serious security problems for users:
While installing software on your PC, you might unknowingly install spyware
While installing software on your PC, you might unknowingly install spyware
— programs that secretly change system settings, collect and transfer
personal information to external addresses, and perform other unwanted and
uncontrollable actions.
personal information to external addresses, and perform other unwanted and
uncontrollable actions.
You have created and deleted many files on your computer. You do not want
anyone to view them. But is a deleted file really gone? No! The problem is
that deleted files can be easily recovered under the Windows operating
system to gain access to information a user would like to conceal.
that deleted files can be easily recovered under the Windows operating
system to gain access to information a user would like to conceal.
Windows and the most widely used browsers, Internet Explorer and Netscape
Navigator, provide very weak protection on keeping trace Internet data
private.
private.
While working with a PC, you leave thousands of bytes of evidence showing
your actions (records in various system files) that you don’t even know
about. This could include user names and passwords.
about. This could include user names and passwords.
When replacing your old hard drive with a new, higher-capacity one, you
unwittingly leave lots of important and confidential information on the old
drive that can be recovered, even if you have reformatted it.
drive that can be recovered, even if you have reformatted it.
Acronis Privacy Expert Suite provides a solution to all of these problems. It
assures complete confidentiality of your PC and Internet actions and prevents
situations that threaten your computer and general security.
assures complete confidentiality of your PC and Internet actions and prevents
situations that threaten your computer and general security.