a. History index.dat files This is actually a collection of index.dat files. These indices are history, every time you visit a website, this address will go down in history index.dat files. Every story index.dat file with a date. In the browser, that is what the history shows.
b. Cache file index.dat Internet Explorer cache and for two reasons. The primary reason for the quick access to Web pages. If the Web page you visit has not changed since the last time you visited, Internet Explorer will load the homepage of the hard disk (cache) instead of the Web. To find the cached homepage on the hard drive, it searches in the index.dat file and the browser displays the local side. The cache will also allow users to access home pages offline.
c. Cookies index.dat file Each time a site creates a cookie on your machine, meaning that they add an entry in the file index.dat cookies that employees of the homepage with the cookie file. The next time you visit the home page, IE, the cookie file with the index.dat file.
2. Why are index.dat files a privacy threat? Index.dat files contain the URL on every Web site you& 39;ve visited since the installation of the operating system. It also contains links to each picture and other Internet resources you have. Index.dat files are in plain text and everyone can open a file in Notepad. But that& 39;s not enough, index.dat file can not be removed manually. When it in Explorer and click the Delete button " " you receive an error message that it is used. In other words, on your hard drive, there are plain text files called index.dat, it contains links to any Web resource you& 39;ve ever visited, and you are not able to delete this file. Perhaps no further explanation is required, why these files are a threat to privacy?
3. Location Index.dat files These files are located in each user profile in three different locations. To can see it in Windows Explorer, make sure that enables them to hidden and system files.
a. The place of history index.dat files It is located in the following folders: " C: Documents and Settings Local Settings History History.IE5 " The file is available in a number of subdirectories MSHist with the prefix (for example: " C: Documents and Settings Local Settings History History.IE5 MSHist012004073120040801 ") you can find it by typing that address into the address box and replaced Explorer & 39; & 39; with a valid username.
b. The location of the cache file index.dat It is located in the following folders: " C: Documents and Settings Local Settings Temporary Internet Files Content.IE5 ". You can find it by typing that address into the address field Explorer and replaced & 39; & 39; with a valid username.
c. The situation in the cookie file index.dat This file is the easiest to find, and you will find " C: Documents and Settings " cookies. You can find it by typing that address into the address field Explorer and replaced & 39; & 39; with a valid username.
4. How can I index.dat files to delete? Deleting index.dat files is a complicated and time-consuming task. The files are locked by the system and can not be erased. In Windows 95/98/ME, you must MS-DOS skills. The idea is to create a boot disk, start the computer with the boot disk, and then remove the files from the MS-DOS prompt.
On Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 you can unlock the Windows files by creating a new temporary user with administrator rights.
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