How to Permanently Delete Your History Off of the Computer
The Internet is useful for many things, such as banking and sharing personal photos. Unfortunately, if you partake in these activities, you are also opening yourself up to an invasion of privacy, as many of these files containing personal information are stored in your computer's history. While you can erase your history directly from your web browser, the files are usually still on your computer. Instead, you must use a special security software that permanently wipes your computer of all the records of your online activities.
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Purchase the hard-drive cleaning software of your choice. Currently, there are many software products of this type on the market, including Webroot's Window Washer, Anonymizer's Anonymizer Universal and Cyberscrub's Privacy Suite. For our purposes, we will use Webroot's Window Washer software.
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Install and open the Window Washer program. Move your mouse over the tab on the left side of the screen and click on the option titled "Wash." A box labeled "Wash Statistics" will appear on the right-side of the screen. This informs you of how much of your computer's hard drive space is being used by Internet files.
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Click on the "Wash Now" button at the center of the screen and wait as the program searches for and removes all files that contain information about your Internet usage. Exit the program when the process is finished and begin using your computer with peace of mind that your personal information is secure.
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