gHacks technology news » privacy software http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:38:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Privacy Software CCleaner 2.25 Released http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/27/privacy-software-ccleaner-2-25-released/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/27/privacy-software-ccleaner-2-25-released/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:22:19 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=17783 windows softwareThe privacy software CCleaner is one of the most popular programs to clean traces on a computer system left by applications, the user and the operating system itself. The program was recently released in version 2.25 adding support for Windows Server 2008 R2, better Windows 7 support (jumplist and thumbnail cache cleaning), better 64-bit support and performance and several other interesting features. the complete changelog for this version of CCleaner is available below:

  • Improved Windows 7 jump list cleaning.
  • Improved Windows 7 thumbnail cache cleaning.
  • Added support for Windows Server 2008 R2.
  • Improved 64-bit support and performance.
  • Fixed issue with Windows 7 task scheduler.
  • Fixed issue with Startup tool, displaying incorrect folder contents.
  • Added support for AVG Antivirus 9.0.
  • Added support for ExcludeKey in INI files.
  • Improved support for wildcards and RECURSE/REMOVESELF.
  • Fixed minor GUI bugs in non-English versions.
  • Fixed minor GUI usability issues.
  • Improved input validation.
  • Lots of minor bugs fixed.

The new version of CCleaner is as usual available as an installer (which tries to add the Yahoo toolbar), a portable version and a slim version which both come without the toolbar. The program can be downloaded directly from the homepage of the developers where it is available for all supported operating systems.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/27/privacy-software-ccleaner-2-25-released/feed/ 13 Privacy Software Indo Cleaner http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/26/privacy-software-indo-cleaner/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/26/privacy-software-indo-cleaner/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:03:02 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=17745 The Windows operating system keeps track of the most recently used (mru) files. Most Windows users do not know that and are surprised when someone points this out to them. This can be a privacy risk as anyone with access can access these file lists to see which files have been recently opened by the user. These recently opened file lists are used – among other things – to display the most recently opened files or documents in the Windows start menu.

Indo Cleaner is a privacy software that can deal with most recently used file listings. It basically is a cleaner that checks various lists for entries giving the user the option to delete some or all of them so that they cannot reveal any information about which files have been opened in the past.

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All available mru lists are selected by default after installation and start of Indo Cleaner. This includes Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office and Windows Media Player but also Firefox and Opera. It is possible to uncheck any of the programs listed to prevent the lists from being cleaned up.

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The remaining most recently used lists will then be checked and the number of entries that are stored in the Windows operating system are shown. Here it is again possible to uncheck some programs or proceed with the cleanup to delete the selected recently used files.

Indo Cleaner is not the only privacy software that can clean the most recently used files. Ccleaner is for example another program that can delete those files. Indo Cleaner (via Into Windows) is compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista (and likely Windows 7).

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/26/privacy-software-indo-cleaner/feed/ 4 MRU Blaster http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/03/mru-blaster/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/03/mru-blaster/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:20:12 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7372 MRU Blaster (via Technix) is a software program for Windows operating systems that cleans the Most Recently Used files on the computer system. Microsoft thought it would be a good idea to store files that have been recently used in various places to offer the users a way to load those files more quickly the next time they are needed.

What Microsoft has not taken into account are privacy sensitive users who do not like this type of information recorded on their system. The cleaner MRU Blaster takes care of the most recently updated files in Windows by deleting the information in Windows.

CCleaner was used to test the effectiveness of MRU Blaster by cleaning Windows with it before running MRU Blaster. Even after cleaning the system with CCleaner the program did find 257 entries that could be additionally cleaned on the system.

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The user can specify the applications and locations that should be scanned and cleaned in the program’s settings which is also the location to download the two available plugins that clean cookies and temporary files.

MRU Blaster comes with a scheduler that can be set to run in specified intervals. The application has to be running in the background for this though.

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