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Erasing Browser Cache and Email
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| Mozilla / Netscape 6.x
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| Mozilla stores the saved files to folders "Cache" and "NewCache", which you can find under the user specific folder ("Profiles"). You can safely erase both of these folders.
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| You will also need to erase the history file called history.dat, which can be found from the user specific folder. The cookie file may also reveal information so the cookies.txt, which is in the same place as the history file should be erased as well.
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| The URLs shown on the location can be cleared from browser preferences.
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| Netscape Navigator 4.7
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| Netscape stores the saved files in its cache folder the location of which can be found from the advanced section of the browser preferences dialog. You can safely erase the contents if this folder including the fat.db file which contains information about the files in cache.
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| You will also need to erase the history file called netscape.hst, which can be found from the user specific folder. The cookie file may also reveal information so the cookies.txt, which is in the same place as the history file should be erased as well.
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| The URLs shown on the location bar are stored on Windows registry. The later versions of Navigator allow you to clear the location bar from within the preferences window. If you are using a version that does not allow clearing of the location bar, you will have to edit the registry manually to remove the entries; doing this is not recommend for other than advanced users.
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| Microsoft Internet Explorer
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| Microsoft Internet Explorer stores its information in several folders that are usually located under the Windows folder. The cache files are in the Temporary Internet Files folder and they can be erased normally. To remove the cookies possibly stored on the computer, you should erase the contents of the Cookies folder.
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| The History folder contains information about the sites where you have visited. You can safely erase the folder, it will be recreated when you start the Internet Explorer.
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| Please notice that what you see in Windows Explorer when viewing the Temporary Internet Files or History folders is not the actual directory contents, but an image built from index.dat database file, which is kept locked by Windows shell and cannot be erased.
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| In other words, even if you have erased all files from Temporary Internet Files folder, Explorer will still show you names and locations of web sites you have visited. To complete cleaning, you need to clear the contents of index.dat:
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| You can set the Eraser Scheduler to Erase Index.dat on reboot.
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| Open Control Panel / Internet Options and press Delete Files… and Clear History to clear the index.dat files. You may also want to visit the Content page to clear AutoComplete entries (if you have turned it on) - press AutoComplete… and then Clear Forms and Clear Passwords.
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| If you are really worried about your privacy, you may also want to erase unused space on the drive where the history files and the cache are stored - and recompress registry.
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| Outlook Express
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| Outlook Express stored your mail folders in separate files, which can easily be erased. After moving the messages you want to delete to Deleted Items folder in OE, close the program without emptying the deleted items. Find the folder where OE stores your mail, and erase Deleted Items.dbx. You may also need to erase the unused disk space on the drive (and possibly the mail folder where the deleted message was before) to be sure deleted email is really gone.
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