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| | Privacy has been and will always be a serious matter for most PC users worldwide. PC Tools Privacy Guardian is another piece of fine software, which can help you maintain your privacy while working on a PC.
The program has two key features: system cleaning and file shredding. If you intend to clean your system, there are several sections you can clean, such as Windows settings, browser settings, third party software history information, custom items, and bleach free space.
The program does a good job cleaning Windows temporary files like documents, 'search', and 'run' history, as well as the Recycle Bin, MS Office recent files, etc. You can also clean the browser's cache, cookies, and passwords. The good news is that the program detects the settings of all major browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, and Opera.
The custom cleaning wizard allows you to create personalized files and folders, as well as registry keys and values lists for cleaning. If you want to clean other applications' cache, the program will show you a list of temporary files used by the applications installed on your system. You can select the items you want to erase there. The last option included in the program is the 'bleaching' of free space. You can choose which of the local drives needs 'bleaching'. However, I couldn't find the meaning of this term explained in the Help section.
The program can run at Windows startup or you can have it run automatically at a specific time interval. All activity can be logged and saved in an HTML file format.
Pluses: The nice thing is that you can shred files from the Explorer context menu.
Drawbacks / flaws: I didn't like that you can't shred entire directories. Moreover, if you add a list of files to be shredded and you click another button on the interface, the files are removed when you turn back to the shredding section. Nothing happened to them. They just simply disappeared from the list and if you want those files deleted, you need to add them to your shredding list again. The shredding settings didn't display the shredding algorithm.
In conclusion: A very good program with a few flaws. However, it's still a competitive product.
version reviewed: 4.1.0.34
Privacy Guardian Publisher's Description Privacy Guardian is a safe and easy-to-use privacy protection tool that securely deletes online Internet tracks and program activity records that are stored in your browser and other hidden files on your computer. Because information from every website you visit is stored on your computer and recorded in hidden Windows locations including temporary files, cookies, system registry and the index.dat file. System Requirements Internet Explorer 4.0+ What's new New Features: 1. Automatic detection of Third-Party Applications 2. Alternate Data Streams 3. Custom Clean Items Wizard 4. New Shredding (File Deletion) Algorithms 5. Third-Party Application updates 6. Smarter Graphical User Interface (GUI) | | | |
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