Cleaning My Computer Of Personal Information
Have you ever wondered what information is stored on your computer? Down deep in the guts is what I was curious about. I know people can get on our computer and look at our files, but what about a hacker; what would they have access to?
When you visit a website like buy.com, the website automatically stores your information. When you return, you are prompted with a greeting welcoming you, using your name specifically, back to the website. If they can store that kind of information on you, then what else do they have.
For years we work continuously to make sure our credit is clean. To have someone so blatantly come to steal my identity in order to get a free ride on my credit really upsets me. I was bound to make sure that I could ward off as much as possible any threat that might be present.
I have a personal experience with this through a friend of mine. She was opening mail one day and noticed what she thought was an invitation to open a credit card to a local computer store. As she was about to throw it out, she opened it and realized there was a balance owed.
Well, guess you know where this is headed; she didn’t purchase a computer from that particular store. Someone had opened a credit account for this store online with her personal information and purchased a computer. Almost $1000 worth of credit was charged and while the computer was delivered somewhere else, she received the statement.
As you can imagine, she immediately called the credit card company and canceled the card and started the dispute process. It took her six months to clear the matter, she had to cancel all her credit cards and to this day, she checks her credit four times a year or more to make sure she is still safe.
Ward off potential attacks by cleaning all the stored Internet files from you computer. When you click the start menu, find control panel and click that, then go to the Internet options icon, click there and find the “General” page. There you can delete the cache files, temporary Internet files and the history from your browser.
Now you think you have made your computer safe? Well to a point you have done all you can. There is a file buried deep inside your computer that still contains all that information called an Index.dat file. And as you guessed, Microsoft has it to where this file CANNOT be deleted manually so you have done the best you can!
I do have one suggestion, it’s a program called PC Confidential. It does provide you with the tools that can help you keep your computer clean and your information out of the hands of the hackers. Just being diligent about protecting your personal information is a step in the right directions. No one ever thinks this will happen to him or her but do you really want to chance it?
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