How to clear the "Index.dat" file that leaked the Internet whereabouts

Index.dat is a file with a "hidden" attribute that records information about the URLs, access times, history, and so on that have been accessed through the browser. It is actually a copy of the contents of a cookie, a history, and an IE temp file, even if you erase it in IE, but the records in the Index.dat file still exist.

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Go to IE's temporary folder "Temporary Internet Files", but in the window address bar after "Temporary Internet Files" manually add " content.ie, you can find that there are other files and folders underneath the folder, Index.dat file is one of them.

In IE, "delete offline Files", "Purge History", "clear the form", and so on, index.dat files in the above location will not be deleted. What's even more annoying is that if you try to remove it manually, the system will warn you "cannot delete index: file is being used by another person or program." "Who is using this file?" The answer is that the system is prying into your Internet records.

(1) To view the contents of the Index.dat, only the use of Third-party software to achieve, such as "INDEX." DAT File Viewer "(Download Address: http://www.sharewareriver.com/download.php?id=1195).

(2) Clear the "content" in Index.dat:

Method One: Delete in pure DOS mode

If your Windows XP is installed in the FAT32 partition, you can boot the system to pure DOS mode (not Windows XP Command Prompt window) using the boot CD. Then enter the directory of Index.dat, with the del command to remove it, but because this file scattered more messy, so a bit troublesome (note: Because c:documents and settings are long file names, so you want to convert to 8.3 format to normal access to the directory).

Method Two: Use Tracks Eraser Pro to remove

Tracks Eraser Pro (download address: Http://www.acesoft.net/te5.exe), in Tracks Eraser Pro, click the "Eraser" software that can effectively delete the traces of the Internet recorded in Index.dat Settings button, the focus is to check the IE tab of the project settings (preferably all selected), especially to ensure that check "index." Dat ".

Click OK to return to the main screen and point to the "Erase now" button. Soon, the software will clean up your traces of the Internet according to the settings.

After cleaning, you might test the effect: Reopen INDEX. DAT File Viewer "lets it scan automatically." As a result, the software is busy for a long time, and nothing is listed in the window. You can now be more assured than before the cleanup is done!