How to...
Eliminate Evidence from your PC
If you believe your privacy is most important and wish to remain anonymous while surfing then you need to follow a few simple rules and use a few simple tools to cover your tracks.
1. Leaving behind trails. Many programs you use leave trails behind them of your recently used documents. This is to make it easier and quicker for you to find those things you have created or edited most recently. Download WinCleaner to remove all unwanted trails.
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2. Spyware, adware, malware and ad-trackers follow your progress around the Internet and store details of the type of websites you visit, they can then target ads more appropriate at you. Download Ad-Aware SE, a spyware check and removal utility.
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3. Internet usage and cookies. For every website you visit your computer records the details as a history and many websites place a cookie on your computer so they know you if you return. Download Steganos Internet Trace Destroyer to remove all traces of your Internet activity.
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4. You may wish to connect to the Web anonymously. Download Steganos Internet Anonym which connects via random and ever changing proxy servers.
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5. Last but not least keep your system up to date and free from security problems. Visit windowsupdate.microsoft.com regularly to keep your system in check.
And don't forget the all important firewalls and virus checkers.
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Download a great freeware firewall at www.firstaidforcomputers.com/zone_labs
