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 Deletea, 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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