deleting porn files

[Joe Smith]

I have turned over a new leaf and stopping viewing porn on the web. Is there a way I can remove all traces of it from my pc, so that my wife doesn't see it? Sometimes when you type in a URL, past porn sites I have visited that start with the same letters will pop up in the box below the URL line. Also, my Windows Media Player has a bunch of video porn files on it. Fortunately my wife is not very computer literate. But is there a way I can get rid of this stuff for peace of mind? (Without spending any money of course).

[shinboe]

hehe that's an interesting post  .  but ya you could go into your browser (may be a different path depending on which one you have, i use mozilla myself), click on the tools, then options, then you want to get into privacy and erase everything.  also to get all of the files out of media players the best thing that i have found is to go to downloads.com and download ccleaner, it's a freeware program.  run all three modes and it should do the trick.  good luck  

[Joe Smith]

Shinboe,

When I get into that privacy box, I don't see any way to erase anything. All there is a bar that moves up and down that lets you decide how you want your cookies to be handled.

[Windows98]

Would you want a pay softwear or a free softwear. I would say is better because they have things that would completley erase all traces of everything.

Paying serive: Evidence Eliminator:

Free Service: I forgot lol You can look up on google there around somewhere

[Fed]

As said http://www.ccleaner.com is very good but don't forget to clear your firewall logs too.
A friend told me that trick.  

[shinboe]

sorry i forgot to mention the firewall logs, the www.ccleaner.com worked just fine for me, clears all my logins and urls from the memory.  what browser are you using, if i knew that i would be able to help you better

[shinboe]

I forgot, it also may be a good idea to go to lavasoft.com and download ad-aware se, and spybot search and destroy from downloads.com.  this will erase all of the spyware that comes from going to porn sites

[vibhor_agarwalin]

I think you can do that manually also:

Remove cookies
Temporary files
History
Search registry for "Recent files" -> here you can remove entries of media player.
Firewall logs -> New thing for me

Does anyone want to add anything on that listing.

[R0SS]

bad Boy lol

Yeh the Cc cleaner will wipe it out

R0SS

[Mac]

Re-Partition, re-format and re-install.

Old ntuser.dat files and software files probably still contain entries where porn diallers and some .exe files are concerned so it is better to format IMO.

That way conscience is clear.

[Raptor]

Install Mozilla Firefox, install Block XXX and forget the password. It works. Trust me. Good thing I removed some of the keywords, otherwise it wouldn't even let me search for *censored* robin.  


What you need to do is write zeroes to the entire HDD. Reformatting doesn't quite work if you truly want to remove all traces. Someone curious might decide to have a looksee with any of the freeware recovery tools available.

[vibhor_agarwalin]

How do i write 0's on whole of the hard disk.

[Fed]

He's only clearing it for his wife and

Fortunately my wife is not very computer literate.

Don't reformat it, just clean it up with ccleaner & clear your firewall logs.

[Raptor]

How do i write 0's on whole of the hard disk.

Writing zeroes to the Hard Disk Drive causes all data to be destroyed and renders it unretrieveable by nearly any user.

You can obtain such software from the HDD manufacturer.

He's only clearing it for his wife and

People learn. But if you enjoy taking risks in your marriage, do the following in addition to what you have allready done:

Easy Cleaners
-- Freeware registry scanner
Crap Cleaner
-- Freeware registry scanner/history cleaner

Caution is advised when using these programs!
Create backups of all important files before proceeding.

1. Start
2. Settings
3. Control Panel
4. Internet Options
5. General tab
6. Remove cookies, temporary files and history

This should pretty much take care of the easily retrieveable data.

You may also need to do the following:

1. Start
2. Settings
3. Taskbar and Menu Start
4. Menu start tab
5. Configure (button)
6. Erase (Documents) this will erase all shortscuts to documents recently opened.

Do not forget to clear the .MRU lists as well. Adaware SE Personal can do this for you.

There's probably a few hundred things we missed and that anyone could walk into. Accidently or on purpose.

[Raptor]

Do you never get tired of hearing yourself talk?