(follow up to the windows security & virus thread) (from a former intel/microsoft employee I know) ------- Forwarded message follows ------- ... > At 22:00 08-08-01 -0700, Eric D. Pierce wrote: > >Did someone post a reference to a cleaner utility for IE v5.5?? ... [response:] > ... wasted space would probably only exist if IE5x were left in > its default state. ... > ... IE from versions 4 to the present does leave > history and other data that you cannot erase manually while in the Windows > OS. No one really knows the purpose of this and unfounded conspiracy > theories abound. Personally I believe it's a combination of poor software > engineering practices and allowance for future development upon which > nobody can speculate accurately. > > But there are solutions. One marvelous suite of Applets is 12 Ghosts from > Pact Software > ref: http://12ghosts.com/download/index.htm > See the description of 12Ghosts Wash in particular. I have the entire suite > and it's well worth the modest price even if you use only half the applets > in the suite. > > Absolutely the most thorough and secure cleaning: > IEClean from Privacy Software Corporation > http://www.nsclean.com/ieclean.html > > Blurb: > "Maintaining your privacy and preventing tracking of your movements on the > Internet requires a lot more than just a cookie manager. Your email address > is now a valuable asset - to way too many spammers, marketing researchers > and advertisers. Using an IEClean alias will ensure your real email address > won't be the one that's harvested. Internet Explorer users also can be > given up by their GUID, a unique (to you) number that identifies both your > system's hardware and software. Change your GUID with IEClean and you're > suddenly someone else! Your cache and history files, which contain the > traces of your movements, are probably the most vulnerable files, as > they're likely to be the first to be found by someone accessing your system > through ICQ chat, a rogue Active X or Activescript control, a trojan horse > or other exploit. IEClean now offers a quick, easy means to disable system > recognition of all known Visual Basic script extensions, including HTA- > HyperText Application, which has no security protection at all. IEClean > recovers your valuable disk space used by the myriad of databases Internet > Explorer utilizes." > > Technical support from this company is immediate, personal and at the same > time professional and practically unequalled anywhere else. ... ------- End of forwarded message ------- -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Eric D. Pierce INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
