Covering your tracks on a computer.

[Slickster]

Maybe a techie type question.

Besides going into Tools and then Interenet Options and Clearing History, Deleting Cookies, Deleting Temporary Files

...is there anything thing else a guy can do to (secretly) cover his tracks on someone elses computer?

 

[PYROTAK]

clear the autocomplete duhhhhh.

 

[A&F Brand Cologne]

clear cookies if you want, but I think those only show up if the person manually opens the cookies folder.

 

[Slickster]

Originally posted by PYROTAK
clear the autocomplete duhhhhh.

Sorry dude but I don't know about autocomplete.

Would you care to share?

 

[On_the_Top]

Humm trying to delete porn huh........ well besides cleaning up (I guessing your using windows) the window's temp files, temp internet files, cookies, and history, to completely get rid of all the stuff you had on your computer you gotta get into the window's registry. Thats where traces of all the programs, net files, and even malious programs you find on the internet leave traces of them selves. I suggest you do a net search on editing/ properly cleaning your registry cause you go into it and delete critical files and drivers, you will not be a happy camper.

 

[PYROTAK]

use adaware (www.lavasoftusa.com)

or spybot to get rid of potential spyware that you accumulated

 

[Caesar20]

if the OS is win (2000, xp):
control panel > administrative tools > Event Viewer > right click on Application and System and click Clear All Entries.

As you can't delete a single recodr, that's the only way. just hope that he doesn't know about that little feature...

also, empty My Recent Documents (right click on start menu, properties, customize, clear list).


Alternative: create a restore point on C drive when you log in and when you want to log out, just restore computer to earlier state (win xp only).

 

[PYROTAK]

ooo nice one, didn't know about the admin tools caesar

 

[Road Demon]

How about surfing though a proxy server such as anonymizer w/ the SSL encryption on...no one will know what you are doing as the cookies are on their server and they purge their servers every 48 hours anyway, well worth the 35 bucks a year. You can surf for internet porn at work...

Webroot window washer? one step cleanup, try it for free 30 days.

Spybot is a freeware spyware hunter program has some sort of secure shredder that should also do the trick.

My suggestions...

run the anonymizer service...it works well for me

have a good firewall and antivirus program (avasti is freeware)

plus spybot and lavasoft adaware and you should be good

 

[thecraftylefty]

http://www.thefreecountry.com/security/securedelete.shtml

Follow the link. The program is called Eraser. Use it. It covers all your tracks.

thecraftylefty

 

[Caesar20]

Use Microsoft Antispyware (beta1, but it works flawless, just don't use the full scan).
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...-fca2f2c6f0cc/MicrosoftAntiSpywareInstall.exe

 

[Crusader]

Try this one:

format c:

Haha