Tom, here comes the kitchen sink... Really Delete Your Browsing History – wipe MRU & index.dat files by Guy McDowell on Dec. 23rd, 2008. *Click on the Link below to view. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/protect-your-browsing-history-wipe-mru-index-dat-files/
How To Securely Delete Your Internet Explorer History by Steven Campbell on Jun. 22nd, 2010 *Click on the Link below to view. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/completely-securely-delete-internet-explorer-history/ Thank you, Ivan [Lucid Geek] ________________________________ From: Tom <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, September 16, 2010 7:46:06 PM Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Question about Internet Explorer 8 and deleting browsing history Donk, Thanks for the suggestion. Under the Auto Complete settings I see, the options are: Use Auto Complete for [X] Address bar (suboptions enumerated): [X] Browsing history [X] Favorites [ ] Feeds [X] Use windows search for better results [ ] Forms [ ] User names and passwords on forms Apparently the default settings are those I've checked with X's above. Which of those should be un-checked? Thanks again for the help. Tom --- On Thu, 9/16/10, Donk <[email protected]> wrote: From: Donk <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Question about Internet Explorer 8 and deleting browsing history To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, September 16, 2010, 7:30 PM It looks like your problem is a known issue with IE. Try the things listed below (if you haven't already): Two steps to this one: /*1) This clears existing address bar autocomplete history:* (but will also clear your entire index, which will rebuild next startup)/ Start button>Control Panel>System And Maintenance>Indexing Options, Click on Internet Explorer History, Click ADVANCED, Click RESTORE DEFAULTS /*2) This will stop autocomplete history showing again in future:* (slightly different for IE7 vs IE8 but you will get the idea) IE8 > Tools > Internet Options > Content > AutoComplete Settings > Use Autocomplete for: > Uncheck 'Web Addresses' / Hope that works - it worked for some people. Donk On 9/15/2010 2:05 PM, Tom wrote: > Ivan, Donk > > Thanks for the idea. Sorry, I should have been clearer in my initial > message. > > The first thing I tried, before deleting the browsing history, the cookies, > and so forth, was to extend the scrollbar downward to display the history > of the websites I'd visited, and then clicked on the red X on the right-hand > side of the window to try to delete the craigslist browsing history that way. > > Doing that doesn't work. > > If you do that, then close the history bar and re-open it, the craigslist >visits > are still there. > > I ran another comprehensive virus scan using Norton again early this > morning (all 1 million or so files +/-), and it seemed to work for a few > hours. > > However, when I signed on to my computer in the afternoon, the craigslist > browsing history was there again. > > I'm guessing either the cookies craigslist puts on your computer go into a > stealth mode when you try to delete them, or since craigslist already has > my IP address that they're somehow able to download the cookies to my > computer remotely without my visiting their site. > > By the way, do the cookies have an extension with a .exe file? > > If so, I guess I could just do a search for all the new cookies or for all the > files with a .exe extension that were put on my computer today and delete > them. > > Other suggestions or ideas? > > Thanks a bunch. > > Tom > > > --- On Tue, 9/14/10, Ivan Wilson<[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Ivan Wilson<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Question about Internet Explorer 8 and >deleting browsing history > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 9:45 PM > > > > > > > Tom, I agree with the method that Donk has suggested. Now, here is a wonderful > option that IE8 has for those who want to be anonymous while surfing the net. > Browse with InPrivate > Browse the web without storing data about your browsing session. > Open an InPrivate Browsing window > InPrivate Browsing > There are times when you might not want to leave any traces of your web >browsing > actions on the computer you're using, such as when checking e-mail on a >friend's > computer or shopping for a gift on a family PC. InPrivate Browsing in Windows > Internet Explorer 8 helps protect data and privacy by preventing the browsing > history, temporary Internet files, form data, cookies, and usernames/passwords > from being stored or retained locally by the browser, leaving virtually no > evidence of the user's browsing or search history. > *Click on the Link below to view the article. > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/readiness/new-features.aspx > > Thank you, Ivan [Lucid Geek] > > ________________________________ > From: Tom<[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, September 14, 2010 6:42:21 PM > Subject: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Question about Internet Explorer 8 and deleting > browsing history > > > Hi there, > > I'm a new member of the group and this is my first message. Thanks for creating > this > group. > > I'm using a Windows-based PC (Vista Home Edition Premium) with Internet >Explorer > 8. > > I've tried everything I know to get craigslist off my browser history, but it > keeps coming back. Here's what I did yesterday: > > 1. I ran a complete virus scan using Norton and deleted the cookies; > > 2. I deleted the browsing history, cookies, and temporary internet files by > going through the sequence (from the IE browser window) > > -- Tools > > -- Internet Options > > -- Under browsing history, clicked the [Delete] box underneath where it says > "Delete temporary files, history, cookies, saved passwords, and web form > information." > > 3. I then went to the control panel and deleted everything again, i.e., > > -- Start > > -- Control Panel > > -- Use tools to enhance performance > > -- Open disk cleanup > > -- Files from all users on this computer > > -- Checked OK for the option [OS (C;)] > > -- Checked OK for disk cleanup for tabbed areas > > 4. I also went to the Safety tab (adjacent to the Tools tab on IE 8) and >clicked > on > Delete Browsing History as well. > > After doing all these things, I rebooted my computer and the craigslist visits > still show > up in the history area of my browser bar. You have to click on the downward > pointing > arrow a few times, but it's there. > > Do I have to identify the specific cookies craigslist has put on my computer >and > delete > them manually to do what I want to do? If so, how do you identify the > craigslist-specific > cookies to delete? > > Can someone walk me through what I'm doing wrong, or what I'm not doing that I > should be doing, so i can solve this problem? > > Thanks a bunch. > > Tom > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please > feel >free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal >issues directly to the group. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to >[email protected] > > Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! 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