I came across this wiping tool for Windows, CCleaner

Filed under:Tools — posted by Consultant on May 14, 2008 @ 8:22 am

The tool has a free version and takes care of wiping a significant amount of information anytime it runs. You can configure it to run everytime Windows starts (it would be nice if the action triggered everytime Windows shut down as well)

It currently cleans the following:

  Internet Explorer
Temporary files, URL history, cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat.
  Firefox
Temporary files, URL history, cookies, download history.
 

 

Opera
Temporary files, URL history, cookies.
  Windows
Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files.
 

 


Registry cleaner

Advanced features to remove unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more… also comes with a comprehensive backup feature.
 

 

Third-party applications
Removes temp files and recent file lists (MRUs) from many apps including Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, MS Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and many more…
   

You can find it here, it won’t bug you and you can configure the wiping to be better than a simple round of zeros - so far it’s been so good.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

Looking for more useful tools to have handy!

Hope that helps

one comment so far »

  1. Other good tools related to privacy are Bcwipe and File Schredder, both are very useful:

    http://www.jetico.com/bcwipe.htm
    http://www.fileshredder.org

    Comment by Pedro Quintanilha — May 14, 2008 @ 10:22 am

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