A hacker who leaks privacy! Comprehensive Understanding of the Index. dat file

Internet security has always been a hot topic. To prevent Internet privacy leaks, we often use methods such as clearing internet records and cookies. But you may not know yet. In our system, there is also a little-known "behind-the-scenes hacker"-Index. dat, which contains the vast majority of records during our surfing ...... This article will unveil her secrets with everyone.

Where is "Black Hands?

Search for Index on the local machine. there are many dat files, such as Cookies in folders, which are Black Hands on the table. They can also reveal some secrets more or less (not just Internet privacy ). The real behind-the-scenes black hands are hidden. Even if we open the resource manager, click the "Tools> Folder Options" command to open the "View" option, deselect "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)" and select "show all files and folders". These files will not be displayed, this is why we call it "behind the scenes.

Next, open the Temporary Folder-Temporary Internet Files on the local machine. Generally, in the X: Documents and SettingshjLocal Settings folder (X indicates the system disk drive letter and hj indicates the user name), add the following after Temporary Internet Files: "Content. IE5 "(no quotation marks). After you press enter, you will see that this folder is only a file, and there is an invisible folder-Content. IE5, this folder contains multiple folders and files, which we call Index. the dat file is in column (1 ). Don't underestimate Index. dat. We will open it with a dedicated tool later. I believe you will be surprised after reading it. In addition, add "History. IE5" to the system's History folder and you will see the index. dat file. But you don't know why, sometimes this folder cannot be opened. When we use a dedicated tool to search for it, she cannot be a hacker, and she will find more black hands.

What's in "Black Hands?

To open Index. the dat file can only be implemented through specialized software. Here I recommend a free and powerful tool-Index. dat Suite. You can download the installation package at http://www.it-mate.co.uk/downloads/idsuite.exe.

Start the software and click Index on the toolbar. dat finder button, enter Index in Search for below. dat, select the system disk in the Search in option, and click Find. Many indexes will be displayed later. dat files and their folders (2). The larger the file, the more private it contains. Select a large file, right-click it, and select "View file contents → Using internal viewer". In the displayed dialog box, select "OK. dat Suite starts parsing the selected Index. dat file. After a while, we will be surprised to find every place where we stop in the sea, every picture we have seen, and every animation we have enjoyed ...... All are clearly recorded (3); in the online status, right-click a website and select the "Open URL" command to start the browser to Open the webpage. Everything is so simple, there is no privacy in our Internet access process.

Cut off "behind the scenes"

Now we should have a deep understanding of this behind-the-scenes hacker. How can we cut it off? By conventional means (such as clearing Cookies and deleting Temporary Internet Files), this hacker cannot be cut off. At this time, start the system to the Dos state to delete, you can also switch to the user, delete the Index of other users. dat file, but these methods are troublesome, and they are not completely cleared. Please refer to Index below. dat Suite helps us cut off the Black Hand.

Start Index first. dat Suite to find the Index in the system. dat file, and then select the Index to delete. dat File, click Generate File on the toolbar (the second button on the toolbar), and then click OK, Index. dat Suite automatically creates a file named "run. bat "batch processing file (4), and the batch processing file will automatically run on the computer restarts, so as to delete the selected Index. dat file. Note: After Index. dat is deleted, the file will be re-created after the system is started. However, this file is empty, and no online record is available.

I believe that after reading this article, we should have a basic understanding of the Index. dat file. Now you can start to see what secrets the Black Hands on your computer contain. Also, do not use this method to peek into others' Internet privacy!