Internet Cleanup Tools

Privacy Eraser Pro is a privacy cleaner to remove internet tracks and past computer activities. Even though, many of the tasks can be performed manually, Privacy Eraser Pro can automate this process for you and quickly erase the cache, cookies, history, visited URLs, typed URLs, auto-complete forms data, index.dat files, swap file, temp folders and more. The cookie cleaning feature allows you to specify which cookies to keep, so that you don`t erase your important login cookies. In addition, the program allows you to change the paths of several system folders (Cache, Cookies, History, Favorites etc.) and to customize the IE title bar text. Privacy Eraser Pro supports free plug-ins to extend cleaning features to support popular programs. Additional features include a secure file shredder, scheduled cleanups and support for Netscape, AOL, Opera and MSN Explorer.

East-Tec Eraser 2008 is designed to completely eliminate sensitive data from your computer. It goes beyond U.S. Department of Defense security standards, wiping the files beyond recovery, scrambling name and dates and removing all traces of it from your disk. Eraser can also completely destroy any data from previously deleted files that might still be accessible on your disk (in the Recycle Bin or in unused disk areas). Other features include support for custom privacy needs, user-defined erasure methods, command-line parameters, integration with Windows Explorer, and password protection. The program supports all popular browsers (IE, Netscape, AOL, MSN Explorer, Opera), as well as various Peer-2-Peer applications.

Internet Disk Cleaner is a privacy clean-up tool that enables you to remove internet and PC usage tracks including browser cache, unprotected cookies, typed URLs, index.dat files and more. It also includes support for various third party applications, as well as a scheduling feature and boss key option. Internet Disk Cleaner supports Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape and Opera. The program also allows you to overwrite deleted items multiple times for increased security.

Smart Protector completely erases your history, cookies, browser cache, typed URLs, AutoComplete, Recent Documents list, Recycle Bin, 3rd party application tracks and more. It allows you to specify which items to clear and which to skip and also define custom file locations to clean. In addition, Smart Protector offers a unique Save/Restore State capability, that allows you to restore the items to a previously saved (clean) state, so that it will not be as obvious that all tracks have recently been erased. Additional features include a Cookie Manager, Home page protection, BossKey (to close all browser windows), automatic cleaning and an optional Stealth Mode.

History Sweeper allows you to clean up the history of activities on your computer and keep your privacy. It can delete your browser cache, history files, cookies (with option to keep selected ones) and password data as well as Windows document history, temp files and more. The program also offers several application specific cleaning options for MS Office, Media Player and a few others. Cleaning can be scheduled to take place very X hours/mins or at every system shutdown or startup.

Total Privacy allows you to clean up all the tracks of your Internet and system activities, including browser cache, cookies, web forms data, recent documents history, application history, temporary files, recycle bin and much more. It also includes support for many third party applications via plug-ins. You can also clean your deleted email folders, delete the swap files, index.dat files, wipe free disk space and manage your cookies. The program also includes a file shredder, a startup manager and a tool to generate secure passwords. Total Privacy supports Internet Explorer, Netscape, FireFox, Mozilla, America Online and Opera.

Eusing Internet Window Washer is a privacy cleaner, that allows you to erase common Internet and computing tracks, including browser cache, cookies, visited websites, typed URLs, recent documents, index.dat files and more. It supports MS Office tracks as well as Firefox and Netscape, Instant Messengers and dozens of 3rd party applications. It also includes an option to overwrite deleted data multiple times, so it cannot be easily recovered.

Mil Shield removes and shreds all tracks from your online or offline computer activities, including cookies, browser cache, index.dat, recently used files as well as selective cleaning of typed URL history, cache and cookies, and more. You can also specify a list of trusted sites and their tracks will not be cleaned during the next cleanup. In addition, Mil Shield offers a Panic key to quickly close all Internet Explorer windows and start background cleaning automatically. Additional features include support for multiple users, home page reset, semi-automatic cleaning and support for some third party applications. Supports Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Tracks Eraser Pro is a privacy cleaner that can clean up all Internet tracks and other activity trails on your computer. With only one click, Tracks Eraser Pro allows you to erase the browser cache, cookies (with option to keep certain ones), history, typed URLs, auto-complete memory as well as index.dat from your browser, and Windows temp folders, run history, search history, open/save history, recent documents and more. In addition, you can easily erase the tracks many popular applications, such as playlist of Realplayer, Mediaplayer, QuickTime, MS Office, Acrobat ,Winzip and many others, by using the free plug-ins that are available and extended on a weekly basis. And if all that isn`t enough, you can also specify your custom file locations, types and registry entries to clean. Cleaning can be run automatically with the built in scheduler or manually as well as in stealth mode. A testing mode is available that allows you to preview files to be deleted before making any changes to your system. Additional features include a secure deletion feature, homepage settings protection, a boss key and more. Tracks Eraser Pro comes with everything you`d expect in a privacy cleaner and an attractive, easy to use interface.

Privacy Shield is a privacy clean-up tool that allows you to remove Internet and computer traces, browser history, cookies, index.dat files, typed URLs and more. It can also clean custom folder locations or files, and allows you to exclude selected cookies and history items from the clean-up. Additional features include simple scheduling, stealth mode and support for plug-in that can clean traces of 3rd party application.

Privacy Killer enables you to delete common Windows usage history and web browsing tracks, including cookies, cache, history, temporary files, recent document lists and more. You can also delete the usage tracks for several popular media players and toolbars as well as about 50 third party applications. To extend the custom cleaning capabilities, advanced users can create their own plug-ins with the supplied configuration interface. Privacy Killer offers support for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape and Opera. In addition to the cleaning features, the program also includes some additional tool that include a startup manager, uninstall helper, registry cleaner and a secure deletion tool - all of them very basic in features and almost not worth mentioning. Other features include a simple scheduler for automated cleaning (disabled during the trial), boss key functionality, homepage protection and more.

Smasher is an easy to use program that offers to stop pop-up ads, floating ads, Flash ads, remove cookies as you browse and also removes web bugs. It also offers a unique "Freeze Cookies" option that prevents websites from adding more cookies or changing cookies you have allowed. In addition, Smasher allows you to protect Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer with your existing network/windows password to prevent unauthorized access. The CleanPC feature can clean up all internet traces, including cache, typed URLs and more every time you close Internet Explorer. Smasher also includes a "Stealth Cookies" option which hides the cookies a site created until you visit the site again, aned a "Download Protect" option, that requires a password to download files.

System & Internet Washer (formerly Windows & Internet Washer)protects your privacy by cleaning up all the tracks of your Internet activities. The Quick Erase feature enables you to erase the IE browser cache, history, cookies, typed URLs, auto-complete list and many other items with a single click. You can also have the program automatically clean those tracks when you quit IE or Windows. As an added level of privacy, any file that is deleted by this software is completely wiped from the disk, beyond any means of recovery. The additional support for plug-ins allows you to clean the tracks of popular programs like WinZip, RealPlayer, MS Office and others. In addition to the privacy functions, the program also includes an automatic pop-up blocker, that offers 3 levels sensitivity. System & Internet Washer Pro offers a wide range of cleaning options, combined with secure deletion, cookie management and pop-up blocking. Also supports supports Netscape, AOL and Opera browsers. A great value!

Tracks Eraser enables you to quickly clean up all the unwanted cache and history data generated by browser,windows and applications. You can remove the broswer' s typed URLs,cache, cookies, history data, auto-complete memory and plug-Ins. In addition, you can prevent your homepage and windows title from being changed by other website. Tracks Eraser also allows you to clean up the recent documents, run history,find history,open/save history, temp folders and Windows Recycle Bin as well as Mediaplayer, RealPlayer items and more. Tracks Eraser includes a test mode that allows you to preview the effects of a cleanup before actually executing it. The program is easy to use but the current version does not allow custom cleanup items nor can you exclude individual items from the preview list. It supports IE, Netscape, Opera and MSN Explorer.

PurgeIE is a privacy and clean-up tool for Internet Explorer 4 and up. The program cleans Cache files (offline and online), unprotected cookies, the record of 'Visited URLs', the Typed URL Address dropdown list, the history folders, strays, recent links and more. PurgeIE also aincludes a cookie viewer that allows you to view your cookies and protect selected ones from being deleted during clean-up operations. PurgeIE allows you to preview the results of a planned cleaning misssion before you actually execute it, which makes it safe even for novice users. (15 non-contiguous days evaluation)

CyberScrub Privacy Suite allows you to completely eliminate sensitive data from your computer by performing secure file deletion that exceeds the standards of US DOD. It removes all evidence of Internet activity (cookies, binaries, history, cache, etc.) as well as P2P traces of popular file sharing programs and more. In addition, it cleans the swap file and other locked files. CyberScrub Privacy Suite offers a simple interface and can also be run from the command line.

Complete Cleanup cleans up computer tracks,including cookies, browser cache, history files and many others. After an initial scan of your drive(s), the program will present you with a list of found junk files, from where you can choose to delete all or selected items. In addition to the removal of internet tracks, it can scan and find duplicate files, and performs many other disk cleanups including your "Recent Documents" list, temp files, ActiveX controls and Java applets, excess index files, and various registry entries, along with the ability for secure file "wiping". Complete Cleanup can be run automatically in the background. Additional features include a built-in cache viewer, an option to view and keep individual cookies, as well as custom cleanup options. The interface is very outdated and rather cluttered.

History Killer is a program to delete all your Internet and computer activity tracks that are stored in various areas of your system. It supports all popular browser including IE, Firefox, Opera, Netscape and Flock with specific cleaning options for each. In addition, the program offers to clean all common Windows traces including document history, temp folders etc. as well as support for MS Office and 180 third party applications. Other features include secure deletion, automatic cleaning and custom cleaning targets (files, folders and registry keys).

Anti Tracks enables you to erase your internet tracks, computer activities and other tracks with the click of a button. It supports Internet Explorer, AOL, Netscape, Firefox and Opera browsers, as well as more than 110 third party applications (ACDSee, Acrobat Reader, KaZaA, PowerDVD, WinZip, iMesh, Winamp etc.) via plug-ins. A plug-in wizard also allows you to create your own plug-ins for files, folders and registry entries to be deleted. You can perform clean-up operations manually, as needed, or automatically using the built-in scheduler. In addition, the program offers secure deletion options that comply with DOD 5220.22-M, Gutmann and NSA secure erasing methods, as well as custom methods. Other features include IE Home Page protection, Netscape Profile Manager tool, password protected interface and detailed reporting after clean-up actions.

GhostSurf Platinum bundles 5 security and privacy applications into a single package. It includes anonymous web surfing, Personal Data Vault, SpyCatcher, AdArmor and Tracks Cleaner, which combine features to maintain your privacy, block advertising, detect and remove spyware/adware and more. The anonymous surfing features enable you to select from different levels of security, that include hiding of your real IP address (via proxy servers) and even encryption of your Internet connection. Other features include secure deletion, using Department of Defense standards, integrated data backup and more.

Privacy Inspector is a privacy cleanup tool, that enables you to delete common browser traces, including history, cache, cookies, index.dat files and more. In addition to Internet traces, the program can also remove general Windows tracks like recent document lists, run history and some other common items. Privacy Inspector also includes a basic startup manager, boss key utility and a simple encryption tool.

Window Washer helps to preserve your Internet privacy and conserve drive space by cleaning up your computer. It cleans your browsers cache, cookies, and history, and it also cleans the Windows recycle bin, temp directory, recent document list and much more! Cleaning can be scheduled at various times, or when the system starts up or shuts down. Window Washer works with IE, Netscape, AOL, NeoPlanet and Opera. It also has a cookie keeper option which allows you to save specific cookies from useful sites while erasing all other cookies. Hundreds of Free Plug-ins available are available to cleanup the junk files of popular applications. Window Washer supports all major browsers.

Shadow Professional enables you to activate private computer sessions that will not leave any tracks on your computer, and do not require you to delete all your Internet and PC history. Once you activate a session, the program will keep track of all your activity and will selectively delete all traces that have accumulated during this session, while keeping your previous computer history and browser cache unchanged. The program supports browser session, including history, cache, cookies typed URLs, as well as common Windows usage tracks (Recent Documents, Run History etc.) and several third party plug-ins. Additional features include a file shredder, secret bookmarks, and a secret folder option to hide and store documents or files. Shadow Professional supports Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7, Firefox, Netscape, Netscape Browser 8, Opera and latest version of AOL.

BrowserStar is a simple tool to perform basic browser maintenance. It allows you to empty the browser cache, delete cookies and history, delete selected Favorites and change some of the standard IE settings. Some of the tasks can also be automated at startup. The program also supports basic cleanup function for Firefox, Netscape and Opera. We found BrowserStar mostly suitable for novice users, as the unsophisticated interface and limited set of features will most likely not appeal to expert users.

AEVITA Tracks Eraser is a privacy cleaning tool, that enables you to erase usage tracks, including Internet Explorer, MS Office and various 3rd party applications. Cleaning items include browser cache, cookies (all), recent documents and other common items. The program can optionally use secure deletion methods (DoD, Gutmann and more), and also wipe your empty disk space. While the program can clean all common track locations, it does not allow you to keep a list of necessary cookies, nor does it support any browser besides Internet Explorer.

A4Proxy enables you to surf the Internet with total privacy, using public proxy servers to hide your real IP addrress. It manages a database of hundreds of anonymous proxy servers from all over the world. You can choose the fastest anonymous proxy for the Internet site that interests you, check the degree of anonymity of the current connection, and block or modify any information sent out by your browser (including cookies). You can also share your anonymous connection over a LAN.

Privacy Guardian is a tool to securely delete (wipe) Internet tracks and program activity records, including temporary files, browser history, URLs typed, index.dat file, Microsoft Office tracks and more. It also includes support for several dozen third party products (disabled during evaluation), and supports Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox and Opera browsers. In addition, Privacy Guardian can securely wipe the free space on your drive(s), which prevents previously deleted files from being recovered by common Undelete tools. The cleaning can be run on demand, or on a simple schedule.

Steganos Internet Anonym Pro is a privacy software package that offers Internet anonymity and elimination of Internet and PC tracks. The program uses various proxy servers to route your surfing, thereby changing your IP address and (apparent) geographical location frequently. A graphical world map display show the current IP address that is used, as well the location on a world map that your browser appears to come from. As with any proxy connection, the speed of your connection may suffer while your requests are routed through the anonymous servers - that is why this feature can be turned on/off easily from the system tray. In addition, the program offers an encrypted collection of Private Favorites, a built-in File Shredder (DoD, Gutmann), and an Internet Tracks eraser to delete temporary files, browsing history, cookies and more. It also includes options to disable popup windows, browser identification, referrer data and more.

Keynesis Portable Sweeper is a privacy protection tool specifically designed for users of portable storage devices, including USB thumb drives, hard drives etc. It provides a convenient way to carry a privacy cleaning tool with you, and remove any traces of private information that may have been otherwise left behind on visited computers. You can create 3 different cleaning profiles (e.g Home, Office etc.) and execute them with a single click. The cleaned items include common Internet traces such as cookies (with option to keep selected), browser cache, history, typed URLs, clipboard memory, and more. Keynesis Portable Sweeper runs directly from the portable drive and does not require any software installation on the PC.

History Cleaner deletes your internet history, cookies, browser cache, index.dat files, recycle bin contents and more with a single click. An additional feature allows you to reset your home page automatically each time you run the cleanup. easy to use, unsophisticated tool to perform a basic internet clean-up.

Cookie Editor helps you to manage your Internet Explorer, Netscape and Mozilla/Firefox cookies. You can view, edit, block or delete any unwanted cookies as well as your browsing history. In addition, the program allows you to block cookies based on the domain name and you can search for cookies matching a specific keyword. Advanced users can edit the content of a cookie with the built-in editor.

Fast System Washer helps you clean up Internet tracks, junk files and PC usage tracks. It offers a simple interface and supports most common track items in Internet Explorer, as well as Opera. This includes your browser cache, cookies (all), typed urls and history as well as Recent Documents, Temporary Files and more . The program also offers support for basic scheduling to automate the cleaning tasks, as well as plug-in support for a few dozes 3rd party applications.

Perfect Privacy allows you to easily eliminate your Internet (IE, Opera, Netscape) and computer usage tracks, including browser history and cache, selected cookies, recent document lists and various other tracks that are stored to your computer as you use it. Once you have selected the items to clean, the clean-up can be performed with a single click or even automatically at specified intervals, startup or shutdown. For those who wish to permanently wipe their tracks, the program offers a secure deletion option as well. Furthermore, Perfect Privacy allows you to include custom folder locations and registry keys into the cleanup process.

Advanced Privacy Protector allows you to clean and remove Internet and PC usage tracks, including cache, browser history, recent documents, cookies (all) and various other items. The program offers a simple interface to select the option and execute the cleaning. Mostly standard options without scheduling or other advanced features.

TracksCleaner helps to protect your privacy by erasing your Internet and PC activity tracks, including history, cache, cookies, typed URLs and more. It also offers support for many 3rd party applications, and allows you to add your custom file, folder or registry locations to be cleaned. You can optionally choose to use secure deletion methods to completely eliminate all traces of the deleted data. Additional features include a built-in scheduler for automated cleaning, options to exclude elements from the cleaning, password protection, Boss Key and more.

AntiTracer (formerly U-Wipe) is privacy cleaner with built-in popup blocker. It allows you to quickly delete most common Windows and browser traces, including cache and (selected) cookies, as well as typed URLs, Temp folders, index.dat files and more. The program also includes a basic popup blocker that can eliminate all popup windows, with an option to exclude specified sites from being blocked. Other features include scheduled cleaning (every X minutes), and a stealth mode option.

SuperCool Window Washer allows you to clean up your Internet tracks as well as several Windows usage tracks. It supports all the standard items, including browser cache, history, typed URLs and so on, as well as custom folder, file and registry entries. In addition, it also supports a few of the most popular 3rd party applications like WinZip, WinRar, RealPlayer and others. All items to be delete can be previewed, and you have an option to exclude an item if necessary, before the files are deleted. The program also maintains a browser based log file, that provides a convenient way to check for recently deleted files. Additional features include integrated scheduling, secure deletion and support for IE, Netscape, AOL, MSN and Opera.

BitCleaner helps you remove Windows system and Internet tracks that you do not want others to see. It lets you clean all the common tracks, including web sites visited, recent documents, temporary files, recycle bin, clipboard content, Media Player history and much more. In addition, it offers an option to wipe the free space on your hard disk(s), thereby eliminating the chances to recover previously deleted files. All items can be deleted securely (wiped) or using a normal deletion process. BitCleaner comes with an optional step-by-step wizard that lets you confirm every deletion process.

Hitware Companion includes an intelligent popup blocker, as well as automatic internet track removal and cookie management. The popup killer automatically eliminates all unwanted pop-up and pop-under ads even before they appear. In addition, the privacy cleaning allows you to erase common internet tracks including Browser History, Recent Documents, Temporary Files and more. Hitware Companion also supports track deletion for a few third party applications, including Acrobat Reader, WinRar and some others. An additional feature lets you hide all browser windows by pressing a keyboard hotkey.

Filtergate is a 4-in-1 filtering package that allows you to remove web advertising and popup windows as well as protect your privacy and filter adult content. It uses a patented filtering technology to analyze each web page decides whether the content is an advertisement or promotion, a friendly cookie or a rogue cookie. You can exclude sites from being filtered, set custom filtering parameters and more. Filtering is based on an internal filtering engine, that can be udated online. You also choose to turn off all banner sized graphics, as well as all offsite graphics, blinking text, background music and more. FilterGate does not require you to set proxy settings in your browser.

One Smart Cookie is a very simple cookie manager, that lets you selectively delete your Internet Explorer cookies. It displays a list of all cookies and allows you to check which ones to delete (or all). The program can remember the cookies that you select to delete and automatically mark them for deletion the next time you run it. It also offers a SmartExclude feature that can recognize some of the cookies that are commonly useful (e.g Yahoo settings or similar) and exclude them from deletion.

History Clean (formerly Online Privacy Pro) is an Internet Cleanup tool, that lets you clean up traces including cookies, browser cache, history, typed URLs, auto-complete data, websites visited and more. It allows you to select which items to clean, and also which entries to exclude. This enables you to keep selected cookies and URLs, while deleting all others. In addition, the program offers secure deletion of selected files, plug-ins for popular applications, cleaning of user defined directories and more. The cleanup can be performed manually, or on a regular schedule.

PrivacyDummy! is a simple tool to clean your PC and web browser history including Web Sites Visited, Typed URLs, Cache, Cookies, Windows Temporary Files and all other common areas. It also includes support for a few third party programs like RealPlayer, Kazaa, WinRAR and some others. The program offers an automatic registry backup, which allows you to recover deleted settings (bot files) if something went wrong. The cleaning features are very basic but easy to use with a one-click cleaning option.

Evidence Cleaner is a tool for cleaning up traces of your internet activities and PC usage. It cleans up your browser cache, cookies, history, recent document list and more. The program supports additional plug-ins and includes support for deleting the usage tracks of more than 50 popular applications (WinZip, AcDsee, RealPlayer,Windows Media Player, MS Office etc.). In addition, you can use the built-in plug-in tool to create your own plug-ins and clean files and registry entries of your choice. Evidence Cleaner comes with a compact and attractive interface.

NoTrax is a secure web browser that leaves no evidence of any Internet activity on your PC. It does not write to the registry, does not create any logs, nor does it use the index.dat file or recycle bin. All session files, cookies and cache are erased using secure deletion methods. The browser cache is kept in memory (encrypted) and erased immediately upon exit. To further increase security, NoTrax does not run Spyware, JavaScript, or ActiveX. The program runs as standalone EXE file and is independent from other system components. Except for access to the IE Favorites, it lacks most of the features you may be used to from IE or Firefox, but if privacy is your main concern, it provides an inexpensive way to keep browsing session private by switching to NoTrax as needed.

CyberClean quickly and efficiently removes Internet debris from your hard drive. It allows you to quickly clean the browser cache, history, typed URLs, cookies and custom junk folders. You can specify cookies that should be excluded from cleanup. The cookie manager also comes with a handy feature that lets you create a cookie filter list based on keywords in the domain name or cookie name. In addition to cleanup and cookie management, CyberClean also offers secure file wiping with shell integration, allowing you to securely delete files from within Windows Explorer.

Internet Privacy Pro is a powerful and flexible privacy cleaner that will remove traces of your recently accessed files, internet activities, e-mail communications, chats (ICQ, Yahoo) and more. It offers a tabbed interface that categorizes the available cleaning tasks and allows you to select which cleaning operations to perform. Internet Privacy Pro offers a wide variety of privacy features, including secure deletion, swap file deletion, cookie management etc. as well as custom folder locations and more. The program supports IE, Netscape, Opera and AOL.