Lippsman, could use your help

I have a "tools" dropdown on my browser,first option is DELETE BROWSING HISTORY,from there you can choose HISTORY and delete.   hope this helps GL

First off even if you erase temp internet files, temp files, cookies, and history; there is still a file that has everything you have deleted.  A file called index.dat that resides inside your profile's cookies folder and other profile folders.  I have pasted below what an index.dat file is and where it resides. 

 

 

index.dat are files hidden on your computer that contain all of the Web sites that you have ever visited. Every URL, and every Web page is listed there. Not only that but all of the email that has been sent or received through Outlook or Outlook Express is also being logged. The file names and locations depend on what version of Internet Explorer you have. If you are running IE version 4.0 or above, the file name is "index.dat".  Microsoft has not supplied an adequate explanation as to what these files are for or why they have been hidden so well.

According to Microsoft, these files are used to cache visited Web sites to help speed up the loading of Web pages in Internet Explorer. Obviously this cannot be the case because when you clear the Temporary Internet Files the "index.dat" files remain behind and continue to grow. If you delete or clear the Temporary Internet Files, there is absolutely no need to index the URL cache because those files no longer exist.

On Windows Vista Computer, index.dat files are located :

\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\index.dat
\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\low\index.dat
\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat
C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\Content.IE5\index.dat

On Windows 2000 and Windows XP  there are several "index.dat" files in these locations:

\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Cookies\index.dat

\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\index.dat

\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHist012001123120020101\index.dat
\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local
 Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHist012002010720020114\index.dat

\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local
 Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat

On a Windows 9x computer these files are located in the following locations:

\WINDOWS\Cookies\index.dat
\WINDOWS\History\index.dat
\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\index.dat
\WINDOWS\Cookies\index.dat
\WINDOWS\History\index.dat
\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\index.dat

Index.dat files can be very hard to find. If you are in Windows, even with "Show hidden files and folders" enabled, index.dat files are not visible and cannot be found if you do a search for index.dat files. The reason that these files are so invisible is that they are not just hidden, they have been designated as "system" files. System files and folders are treated differently in DOS and Windows and are effectively cloaked from casual searches.

Here is a link to help in deleting the index.dat.

Delete index.dat files

Also if this is confusing, there is software out there to do this.  Just do a google search for deleting index.dat

Now onto the public internet proxy servers.  Public anonymous proxy servers have been used for years to mask your internet browsing to a particular websites.  The only bad thing about this is if your like me an IT admin/engineer you see this in the firewall traffic.  Alot of these proxy services use pure IP addresses which we block on our clients firewalls.  Usually a bad sign when a domain uses purely IP without creating an A record to have DNS resolve a website to IP.  That is a red flag.  Other proxy servers that do set up an A record usually have the word proxy in the domain name or something similiar to a masked website.  Then again I don't deal with every company that has internet access and I don't know how strict or how secure they keep their network.  Just in case I do have a few proxy sites you can access that mask whatever you access and the firewall or software to monitor only sees the public proxy server.  There are also software apps out there to do the same, but installing a 3rd party application to mask your web browsing would be more obvious especially if they have software that inventories your PC on bootup.  The reason I say that is because we use a monitor and inventory software on bootup on our clients.  So we know what is installed as well as where they browse too when we are not looking....;-)

 

 

 

Those 2 are free public proxy.  Listed below is a site that has links to other public proxy servers, how it works, software you can buy and use. 

 

 

With security, if your company handles it like we handle our clients you will find it hard pressed, but if they are not so concerned on security and monitoring you should be fine with the links I have given here.  Good luck....

 

 

Look at me.  Babbling on about almost everything except the main question you ask.  Click on tools...internet options...General tab.  click on delete cookies, delete files, and clear history.  I would also click on the content tab...auto complete button.  Make sure web addresses is checked and click on clear forms.  There your clear on history, cookies, and temp internet files.  Now if your still paranoid about if your company is gun hoe about security follow the deleting the index.dat files in my previous post.  Good luck...

I always tell people the safest way, is to run a browser off your flash drive. 

 

You can install portable firefox on your flash drive and run it from there. Your temp files are kept on the drive and you never have to worry about cleaning up any temp files.  They are on the drive when you put it in your pocket.

 

Here is a link to portable firefox and other portable apps.  I have all of my techs in the field with these programs on thier flashdrives.