Protect yourself against Internet leaks in Internet cafes

Will Internet access leaks in Internet cafes? Yes! When opening files, entering various passwords, or chatting with friends via QQ, the system will leave traces on the machine to leak personal secrets. To ensure security, you should clear these traces when you leave the website to protect yourself from the Internet.

1. Start Menu leaks

In the Windows Start Menu, there will be a record of recently accessed files. After you leave the Internet cafe, others can click "Start> document" to open the files you have recently viewed. Therefore, remember to clear the documents after you complete the operations.

Solution: click "start"> "Settings"> "Taskbar and Start Menu"> "Start Menu" in windows.Program", Click the" clear "key in the" Document menu "project. If you only want to delete the documents you have read, go to the C: windowsrecent folder and delete them one by one.

2. Microsoft Office software leaks

If you have used Microsoft's office software to edit important files in Internet cafes, be careful, because the office software will list recently opened files in the "Files" menu, others can easily see and even copy these files!

The solution uses word as an example. The specific method is to select "Tools"> "options"> "general" in word ", remove the "tick" mark before the "list recently used Files" check box.

3. Recycle Bin leaks

Win9x/me has a feature, which usually transfers a file to the recycle bin instead of deleting it. The files in the recycle bin can be recovered! "People with heart" can ...... Therefore, you must clear the recycle bin in time after use!

Solution: Open the recycle bin, click "file"> "Clear recycle bin", select the file to be deleted, and click "file"> "delete". Then, the file is deleted.

4. Temporary File Leakage

When the file is careful enough, you will find some temporary files under the computer C: Win-dowstemp, these temporary files are generated when installing or running some software, for some reason (such as the software itself or sudden power failure), the software cannot be deleted in time. These temporary files occupy at most some hard disk space on the PC, and there is no hidden danger, but they are different in the internet cafe. Others can view these files to understand your preferences, speculate on what you have done.

After closing all running software programs, go to C: windowstemp and delete the files. Note: Some temporary files may not be deleted. Restart and try again!

5. url Leakage

For the convenience of users, Windows 98 has a history function that records all previous operations (such as running programs, browsed websites, and searched content ). However, there are two aspects to everything, and the history also brings about the possibility of leaks. Some people will use these records to obtain the web page information you have accessed, so as to snoop your preferences.

Solution: click "Tools"> "Inter-net options"> "general" in the browser, and then click "Clear history" in the "History" project. Alternatively, you can start the Registry Editor regedit and expand it to the hkey-current-usersoftwaremicrosoftinternetexplorertype-durls key value, which is used to save the IE history. Why are you still waiting to delete them! In addition, when entering the URL, press Ctrl + 0 (letter O) and fill in the name or IP address of the website to be accessed in the pop-up window, the URL you entered will not be saved in the address bar.