Cleaning up XP Home

[Mark]

I caught my neighbors kid surfing Porn on my PC, I deleted
the temp files,history files, permanent/temp cookies. Is
there any thing else I missed ? My wife would not be
please if she stumbled across this. Thanks For any Help
you can provide !

[John Barnett - MVP]

There is a little utility called WipeOut that is extremely good at clearing
your hard drive of stuff you don't want other people to see. The last time i
saw it, it was on www.majorgeeks.com You'll find it under the Disk Cleaner
section of the files menu. Just click Disk Cleaner on the menu on the left
of the screen and then look for it there.
Use the advanced settings, but disable the option to wipe the free space on
your drive. The reason i say disable it is because it takes a long time to
do it. Many hours in some cases. It is freeware so it won't cost you
anything.
An alternative is Evidence Eliminator. Unfortunately you do have to buy this
one. So best bet is to use WipeOut.

--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
www.freelanceit.glowinternet.com

"Mark" > wrote in message
...
>I caught my neighbors kid surfing Porn on my PC, I deleted
> the temp files,history files, permanent/temp cookies. Is
> there any thing else I missed ? My wife would not be
> please if she stumbled across this. Thanks For any Help
> you can provide !

[Mark]

John:
Thank You, I will try it and see what happens.
>-----Original Message-----
>There is a little utility called WipeOut that is
extremely good at clearing
>your hard drive of stuff you don't want other people to
see. The last time i
>saw it, it was on www.majorgeeks.com You'll find it under
the Disk Cleaner
>section of the files menu. Just click Disk Cleaner on the
menu on the left
>of the screen and then look for it there.
>Use the advanced settings, but disable the option to wipe
the free space on
>your drive. The reason i say disable it is because it
takes a long time to
>do it. Many hours in some cases. It is freeware so it
won't cost you
>anything.
>An alternative is Evidence Eliminator. Unfortunately you
do have to buy this
>one. So best bet is to use WipeOut.
>
>--
>John Barnett MVP
>Associate Expert
>www.freelanceit.glowinternet.com
>
>"Mark" > wrote in
message
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>>I caught my neighbors kid surfing Porn on my PC, I
deleted
>> the temp files,history files, permanent/temp cookies. Is
>> there any thing else I missed ? My wife would not be
>> please if she stumbled across this. Thanks For any Help
>> you can provide !
>
>
>.
>

[John Barnett - MVP]

Mark you might also like to download spybot - search and destroy from
www.safrer-networking.org Again this is a freeware application. Run it
regularly and it will keep your machine free of spyware, porn dialer etc. It
is a must have application.

--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
www.freelanceit.glowinternet.com

"Mark" > wrote in message
...
> John:
> Thank You, I will try it and see what happens.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>There is a little utility called WipeOut that is
> extremely good at clearing
>>your hard drive of stuff you don't want other people to
> see. The last time i
>>saw it, it was on www.majorgeeks.com You'll find it under
> the Disk Cleaner
>>section of the files menu. Just click Disk Cleaner on the
> menu on the left
>>of the screen and then look for it there.
>>Use the advanced settings, but disable the option to wipe
> the free space on
>>your drive. The reason i say disable it is because it
> takes a long time to
>>do it. Many hours in some cases. It is freeware so it
> won't cost you
>>anything.
>>An alternative is Evidence Eliminator. Unfortunately you
> do have to buy this
>>one. So best bet is to use WipeOut.
>>
>>--
>>John Barnett MVP
>>Associate Expert
>>www.freelanceit.glowinternet.com
>>
>>"Mark" > wrote in
> message
...
>>>I caught my neighbors kid surfing Porn on my PC, I
> deleted
>>> the temp files,history files, permanent/temp cookies. Is
>>> there any thing else I missed ? My wife would not be
>>> please if she stumbled across this. Thanks For any Help
>>> you can provide !
>>
>>
>>.
>>

[Mark]

Thanks John:
I was thinking about ad aware, it sounds
similar to spybot.
>-----Original Message-----
>John:
> Thank You, I will try it and see what happens.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>There is a little utility called WipeOut that is
>extremely good at clearing
>>your hard drive of stuff you don't want other people to
>see. The last time i
>>saw it, it was on www.majorgeeks.com You'll find it
under
>the Disk Cleaner
>>section of the files menu. Just click Disk Cleaner on
the
>menu on the left
>>of the screen and then look for it there.
>>Use the advanced settings, but disable the option to
wipe
>the free space on
>>your drive. The reason i say disable it is because it
>takes a long time to
>>do it. Many hours in some cases. It is freeware so it
>won't cost you
>>anything.
>>An alternative is Evidence Eliminator. Unfortunately you
>do have to buy this
>>one. So best bet is to use WipeOut.
>>
>>--
>>John Barnett MVP
>>Associate Expert
>>www.freelanceit.glowinternet.com
>>
>>"Mark" > wrote in
>message
...
>>>I caught my neighbors kid surfing Porn on my PC, I
>deleted
>>> the temp files,history files, permanent/temp cookies.
Is
>>> there any thing else I missed ? My wife would not be
>>> please if she stumbled across this. Thanks For any Help
>>> you can provide !
>>
>>
>>.
>>
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