Privacy Guardian 4.1.0.37

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Privacy Guardian is a safe and easy way to clean activity and history traces and securely delete online Internet tracks stored in your browser and in hidden files. To protect your privacy and improve your system's performance, Privacy Guardian can delete cookies, clean index.dat files, clean the cache, erase the recent documents history, clear the recent documents list, remove temporary files, free hard drive space, kill typed URLs, wipe autocomplete-form data, empty file and temp folders, bleach empty hard-drive space and products such as Kazaa, iMesh, or ICQ. Privacy Guardian uses an advanced eraser to ensure all traces of your Internet and computer activities are permanently deleted and unrecoverable on your PC. Web browsers only provide partial privacy protection by allowing some temporary Internet files and cookies to be deleted, but they do not wash data out of all the hidden files, nor do they delete the data securely. Privacy Guardian is free of spyware and adware.

Version 4.1.0.37 improves support for third-party software.

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  Think!

  by: Chainmail2006 on 16-Aug-2007 01:51:29 PM

  Pros: At the time I posted this review there were 5 others. None told me anything about thia application. Curious as always, I tried it. It has a nice, user friendly GUI. It does everything it says it will do but you have to be careful what you set it to clean or will delete something you don't want it to. It works OK with "Vista".

  Cons: I have one big issue with this application. It wants you to restart or refresh your computer after every cleaning. If you select refresh, it's like closing and opening "Windows Explorer". Some of your programs will no longer be running.No way! There are other, equal or better options that don't require a restart. Restarting is to much trouble to be worth using this application.

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  Not good at all!

  by: The Sports Fan on 23-Jan-2008 07:50:48 AM

  Pros: This program is another crummy piece of software by a sneaky software company.

  Does not work as expected, wants a restart or refresh after every use. Auto renewal should be against the law. If any company thinks they can get away with charging my credit card without checking with me first, their full of chit!

  Cons: There are far, far better programs available for the same money. In fact, there are better free programs available. I can not recommend this or any program by "PC Tools" anymore. Personnel experience with their auto renewal policy has steered me clear of this company.

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  This one is a special idiot.

  by: tomwa53 on 13-Feb-2008 07:45:25 PM

  Pros: Thats correct. To the idiot who trashes other peoples reviews because he or she thinks this is their personal website. Kiss my a**. And don't forget, this person has multiple user accounts. Can I play to? A** H***. Come get mine because I don't give a chit.

  Cons: Garbage app.

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  Fast and easy to use!

  by: lisah777 on 16-Dec-2007 06:14:06 AM

  Pros: Simple, very easy for anyone to understand and with professional results.

  Cons: No problems now.

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  good application, Webroot Window Washer is better yet

  by: majennings on 27-Sep-2007 10:27:12 AM

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