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Magic Tool: Inprivate Browsing
Magic Tool: Inprivate Browsing

InPrivateBrowsinginInternetExplorer8helpspreventyourbrowsinghistory,temporary

Internetfiles, formdata,cookies,andusernamesandpasswordsfrombeingretainedbythe

browser,leavingnoevidenceofyourbrowsingorsearchhistory. Soifyouwanttopreventyour

PCfromdiscoveringwhatyouarebrowsing,youshouldtakealooka InPrivateBrowsing.

Althoughitdoesn'tenhanceyour personalsecurity, itcan preventsotherstoobtainyour

browsinghistoryfromthecompute atleast. Nowwewillshowyouhowtouseit toeraseany

evidence.

On thefirststep, goto Tools tab onInternetExplorer:

Select Delete, then alistofcheckboxeswillappear:

Thesewaythebrowserhistorydisappears.Justpressing Ctrl + H toseeit .

NowIamgoingtousetwoprograms (shownbelow) totrytolookfortraces.

1. SystanceIndex.datAnalyzer

2. PiriformRecuva

Asyounoticetheseprogramsarefree.

NavigateusingInPrivatemodeforawebtoseeifwecanfind traces Here Ihavechosen

BBCsite,butitreallydoesn'tmatter.

Herewe can seehowthehistorybrowsinglooks:

Note: Googleappear here because of theHomePagebutthereisnotracesofbbc.co.ukat

leasthere.

Find Deleted Files with Recuva

Ifyouwanttoerasetracesof InternetExplorer,Recuvaisausefultoolcanhelpyoutofind

erasedfiles.

Note: Before useit, preparetheoperatingsystemtoshowuseveryfilethatisinthe

computer. ForthiswegototheControlPanel AppearanceandPersonalizationandselect

FolderOptions. Onceyouarethereselecttheviewtab,checkShowhiddenfiles,folder,and

drivesanduncheckHideprotectingoperatingsystemfiles.

Weneedtoshowthesesortoffile sincetemporaryinternetfilesarestoredinasystemfolder.

RecuvastartsaWizardwhenyoufirstopenit.Weselecttolookfor otherfile soitwilllookforall kindoffiles.Youhavetoselectwheretofindforthefiles

(TemporaryfilesarestoredforWindowsXP.) :

%USERPROFILE%LocalSettingsTemporaryInternetFiles

ForWindows 7and Vista:

%userprofile%AppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporaryInternetFiles

Ifyoufindthiscomplexyoucanselectthe "I'mnotsure" optionandthesoftwarewilllook

everywhere. Thenthenextwindow will askifyouwanttoselect DeepScan, justto checkit.Thisway

thereare morechancesthatyoufindwhatwearelookingfor.

Onceit'scompleted,youhavetoorderthefilesbydate:

Thescreenshotshowabovetellsyouthatit iseasytoknowthatsomeonehasbeenat

bbc.co.ukandyou canrecovereveryfilethatwasdeletedfromthetemporaryfolder.

Maybeyouthinkthatthisisnotimportantbutitisnotcomplicatedtodeletethosefiles

withoutleaving tracesbutInternetExplorerhavechosenthegenericandmoreeasyway.

Use Index.dat analyzar

Index.datarefiles whichare usedbyInternetExplorertostoreinformationaboutyour

browsingobjects. Infact, Index.datisthe way thatInternetExplorerusestocontrol

temporaryinternetfiles.This method knowsifafileisfromonewebpageoranother.This

fileworksasadatabasethatinformstheprogramwhenawebwasaccessedandeveryfile

thatwaspartofthatsite. Thehistoryalsoissavedina index.datfile.

Firstly, you should runtheprogramitwilllookforeveryindex.datinyoursystem.

IfyoudeletetheBrowsingHistory,theinformationofthesefilesareerased.

Note:RememberthatInternetExploreronlyshowsthatsomeonehasvisitedGoogle.com.

Ifweselectthefollowingfile:

%userprofile%AppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsLowTemporaryInternetFilesContent.IE5

index.dat

ThisappearsbecauseItyped bbc.co.uk andnot www.bbc.co.uk, thisisimportantbecause

moretraces appears ifthewebpageusethis sort oflinks.Lookswhathappenswith cnn.com asthescreenshotshown below:

Also Ihaveevenfoundmoretracesonotherfile:

%userprofile%AppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporaryInternetFiles

Content.IE5index.dat

conclusion

Igetthislasttrace since InternetExplorerdeletethisinaveryslowway. Atlast,itgets

deleted,butin onecaseit takesmorethanaminutetodoit. SoInPrivateisnotsoprivate

afterallandyoucaneasy knowwhathavebrowsed.

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