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Clearing out your hidden surfing tracks; Skill Level: Moderate
Topic Started: May 12 2004, 08:48 PM (194 Views)
RagingFuryBlack
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Please Note: I am not responsible for ANY dammage you do to your system while using these hacks. Do not pm me for further assistance to undo a hack or to salvage your system.
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How To Clear out hidden surfing tracks:

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Microsoft claims index.dat files cache webpages you visit to help speed up the loading time in Internet Explorer. A lot of folks disagree, and there are a few conspiracy theories floating around about what index.dat files are really for. I'm not really worried because I know an easy way to get rid of them.

Index.dat files aren't only hidden, they're system files. Even if you select to show hidden files in your folder options, they remain unseen. To track down index.dat files, you need to know where to look.


File names and locations depend on which version of Internet Explorer you have. Assuming you run IE 4.0 or above, the file names will be "index.dat."


In WinXP, here's where you'll usually find them.


C:\Documents and Settings\username\cookies
C:Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\History
C:Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files


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Restart your computer in Safe Mode with Command Prompt. (Press F8 on startup and choose Safe Mode With Command Prompt.)


Log on as administrator. Enter your password.


Once you reach the command prompt, type "CD\" (no quotes) and hit Enter to get to your root directory.


Type "del index.dat /s" (no quotes) and hit Enter to erase all files named index.dat on your computer.


Type "shutdown -r" (no quotes) to restart your computer normally.

Your index.dat files will return once Windows boots up normally again, but they'll be empty! Have fun hiding your dirty little secrets. ;-)

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SyringeX
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You must be a naughty boy to be looking these things up RFB ;)

lol, jk... Pretty cool actually.
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RagingFuryBlack
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right..:D
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Grim
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ill give it a try!
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Scott
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Heh, too bad I don't know if this will work on 98 and I'm not trying it on this comp.
*Ninja Slayer goes and clears all his comps with XP.
Whoo XP is a cool smilie!
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RagingFuryBlack
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im gonna try and find this hack for 98
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Qu.Artz
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Ok im going to do it. :D thanks
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Qu.Artz
May 22 2005, 10:17 PM
Ok im going to do it. :D thanks

And you bumped a year old topic just to say that, because?
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That one guy
Please do not bump old topics. This is a verbal warning.

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