Covering Your Tracks
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| When you surf the Internet you leave little traces
of all the sites you visited. Traces? Where? If your heart just
missed a few beats you are probably scared that someone will
find out that you were surfing at work or checking out "naughty
sites." Yup, you are in big trouble this time, but not if you
know how to cover your tracks. |
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| Where are those traces? Your browser stores the
name of each site you visit in a History File. Your browser
also stores lots of images, cookies and other Internet files
in a folder called "Temporary Internet Files". Storing
these files allows a web page to load quicker the next time
you visit, but it can also get you in trouble. Now lets see
how to clear them. |
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| Clearing the History |
| Step 1: Click
"Edit" from the menu bar (see image below) |
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| Step 2: Select
"Preferences" from the list (see image above) |
| Step 3: Make
sure the "Navigator" option is selected |
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Preferences
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| Step 4: Click
the "Clear History" Button (See image above). A
dialog box will appear asking if you want to continue: Click
OK |
| Step 5: Click the
"Clear Location Bar" button (See image above). A dialog
box will appear asking if you want to continue: Click OK |
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| Clearing the Temporary Internet
Files |
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| Step 6: Double
Click the "Advanced" option on the left |
| Step 7: Select
"Cache" from the list under Advanced |
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Advanced Options
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| Step 8: Click
the "Clear Memory Cache" button (see image above). A
dialog box will appear asking if you want to continue: Click
OK |
| Step 9: Select
the "Clear Disk Cache" button. A dialog box will appear
asking if you want to continue: Click OK |
| Step 10: Click
the "OK" button on the Preference dialog box |
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| You are in the clear. |
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