Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
User's Guide
PrivacyExpert 2003
Compute with confidence
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Table of Contenets
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER 1. INSTALLING AND STARTING TO WORK WITH ACRONIS PRIVACYEXPERT............................................................................ 8 1.1 WHAT'S INCLUDED.......................................................................... 8 1.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ................................................................. 8 1.3 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM ................................................................ 8 1.4 RECOVERING ACRONIS PRIVACYEXPERT ....................................... 8 1.5 REMOVING THE SYSTEM.................................................................. 9 1.6 STARTING TO WORK WITH ACRONIS PRIVACYEXPERT ................... 9
1.6.1 1.6.2 1.6.3 1.6.4 1.6.5 1.6.6 1.6.7 THE ACRONIS PRIVACYEXPERT MAIN WINDOW.......................................... 9 LOGICAL SOFTWARE ORGANIZATION: SECTIONS....................................... 10 EXECUTING PC CLEAN-UP MANUALLY .....................................................11 CLEAN-UP SETTINGS .................................................................................11 SEPARATE COMPONENTS CLEAN-UP SETTINGS ..........................................14 EXECUTING SCHEDULED PC CLEAN-UP ....................................................20 RENAMING CLEAN-UP VARIANTS ..............................................................21
1.7 DATA CLEAN-UP ALGORITHMS...................................................... 22 CHAPTER 2. COMPLEX PC CLEAN-UP ........................................................... 23 2.1 ENTIRE PC CLEAN-UP.................................................................... 23 2.2 SYSTEM CLEAN-UP ........................................................................ 24 2.3 INTERNET CLEAN-UP ..................................................................... 24 CHAPTER 3. SEPARATE PC COMPONENTS CLEAN-UP ................................. 25 3.1 INTERNET COMPONENTS ............................................................... 25
3.1.1 3.1.2 3.1.3 3.1.4 INTERNET CACHE ......................................................................................26 COOKIES ...................................................................................................27 DOWNLOADED COMPONENTS ...................................................................28 LAST VISITED PAGES................................................................................30
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3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3 3.2.4 3.2.5 3.2.6 3.2.7 3.2.8 3.2.9 3.2.10 3.2.11
SYSTEM COMPONENTS .................................................................. 32
PAGING/SWAP FILE...................................................................................32 RECYCLE BIN ...........................................................................................32 TEMPORARY FILES....................................................................................32 HARD DISKS FREE SPACE .........................................................................33 CUSTOM FOLDERS/FILES ..........................................................................34 REGISTRY BACK-UPS ................................................................................35 FIND COMPUTERS LIST .............................................................................36 FIND FILES LIST........................................................................................37 RECENTLY USED DOCUMENTS LIST .........................................................38 WINDOWS RUN LIST.................................................................................39 OPENED/SAVED FILES HISTORY ...............................................................40
APPENDIX A. HARD DISK WIPING ALGORITHMS .......................................... 41 A.1 INFORMATION WIPING ALGORITHMS FUNCTIONING PRINCIPLES... 41 A.2 ALGORITHMS USED BY ACRONIS PRIVACYEXPERT ...................... 42
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Introduction
What is Acronis PrivacyExpert Acronis PrivacyExpert provides you with complete confidentiality while working with a stand-alone or networked personal computer (PC). The confidentiality that Acronis PrivacyExpert delivers allows you to clean-up trace data and Windows files by removing any evidence of your work or Internet activities. Unlike other software Acronis PrivacyExpert fully removes evidence of PC usage through the use of guaranteed data destruction algorithms. Acronis PrivacyExpert also increases PC performance by cleaning out temporary files. Why is it necessary to keep PC work confidential? Working with a PC creates a number of serious security problems for user: 1. You have created and deleted multiple files on your computer. You do not want anyone to view its content. But is a deleted file really read protected? No! The problem is that deleted files can be easily recovered, under the Windows operating system, to gain access to information a user would like to conceal. 2. Windows and the most widespread browsers, Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, provide very weak protection on keeping trace Internet data private. 3. While working with a PC, you leave thousands of bytes of evidence showing your actions (records in various system files) you don't even know about. The Windows operating system keeps almost all information on your work, including Internet connections; documents you opened, created or deleted; sites visited; and information that had interested you (for example, what product or service categories attracted you). In some cases  what on-line shopping you did with credit card numbers, and even ISP access passwords. Your every computer action is somehow registered by Windows. Only Acronis PrivacyExpert is the guaranteed solution to all these problems. Acronis PrivacyExpert thoroughly checks Windows sections for evidence of user activity and completely removes and obliterates it.
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A user regularly using Acronis PrivacyExpert to clean up their computer can be sure that personal data as well as information about Internet activity is only presented in resources (files) that he/she controls. Confidential data threats: who and what to protect from There are three types of threats to your confidential data (user's personal data): · Other computers on the Internet might try to get access to PC disks and files directly or by loading «spy software», «Trojan horses» to get user data, favourites, cookies, visited network resources, etc. It is very unpleasant in a free society to be constantly watched, but this is what can happen while working on the Internet. One security specialist who investigated this problem was unpleasantly surprised when he found out that somebody tried to gain access to his PC resources every 10-15 minutes. Today Internet users are under constant monitoring by hackers as well as other persons and companies intensively gathering information on PC users and use. Under some circumstances fragments of very private personal data might fall into hands of malicious persons to suit such ends as blackmail, intimidation, extortion, and/or out-right fraud. · Your work colleagues might potentially gain access to your PC from a local area network. Can you trust everyone you work with? Are there co-workers trying to gain access to your data with malicious intent? And will it be pleasant for you if your boss find out that you listen to MP3 files or surf the Internet at work? If you work with a home PC that is also accessed by children, can you be sure they are not unintentionally a threat to your confidential information?
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So, for the majority of home PC users as well as company employees protecting PC work confidentiality is an absolute must! What Acronis PrivacyExpert enables to clean-up Acronis PrivacyExpert software enables you to remove the evidence of your work in any Windows section. Acronis PrivacyExpert allows you: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. to remove Windows registry back-ups, keeping evidence of user's work with PC and the Internet; to delete temporary files from standard Windows folders; to delete custom folders/files from any disks connected to PC; to clean Windows recycle bin; to clean Windows paging/swap file;
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to clean hard disks free space; to clean the opened/saved files history; to remove the evidence from find files list and find computers list. to clean Internet cache;
10. to delete cookies; 11. to delete downloaded components; 12. to clean the last visited pages journal. Acronis PrivacyExpert unrecoverably removes evidence of user PC activity. To clean-up a PC, Acronis PrivacyExpert uses strict algorithms for guaranteed confidential data destruction that meet and/or exceed most national/state standards (see 1.7 «Data Clean-up Algorithms» for details). On the contents of the Guide or how to find the necessary information Acronis PrivacyExpert user's giude contains the following main chapters: · Chapter 1 «Installing and Starting to Work with Acronis PrivacyExpert»  contains detailed information about installation and running Acronis PrivacyExpert, user's interface, setting and executing different PC clean-up variants; Chapter 2 «Complex PC Clean-up». If you need to perform a complex clean-up of PC sections, read section 2.1 «Entire PC Clean-up». If you only need to clean Internet activity evidence only, read section 2.3 «Internet Clean-up». If you need to perform a complex cleaning of your system from a PC, read section 2.2 «System Clean-up». · Chapter 3 «Separate PC Components Clean-up». If you need to quickly clean-up separate Windows sections (components) only, read this section. Appendix A «Hard Disk Wiping algorithms»  contains detailed description of algorithms used in guaranteed confidential data destruction from a computer hard disk.
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Software use conditions The conditions of Acronis PrivacyExpert use are listed in the supplied «License Agreement». To be able to prove that you legally purchased and use Acronis PrivacyExpert, you receive a registration card along with the package. Each registration card also has its own unique number.
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Based on current legislation the «License Agreement» is considered as a contract between user and software vendor. The contract has the legal effect, its violation may lead to a trial. Illegal use or distribution of software a violation of the law and will be prosecuted. Technical support Users that have legally purchased and registered their copy of Acronis PrivacyExpert receive free technical support from Acronis. If you have problems installing or using the system that you cannot be resolve with the help of this Guide and readme file, please e-mail technical support. You will also need to provide the registration number of your Acronis PrivacyExpert copy supplied with this package. Support URL: http://www.acronis.com/support/ E-mail: support@acronis.com
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Chapter 1. Installing and Starting to Work with Acronis PrivacyExpert
1.1 What's Included
Acronis PrivacyExpert package includes: · · · · · installation CD-ROM, this Guide, license Agreement, registration card, advertising information.
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System Requirements
To take full advantage of Acronis PrivacyExpert you should have: · · · · · a PC-compatible computer with a Pentium CPU or similar, 32 MB RAM, a floppy or a CD-RW drive, VGA monitor, a mouse (recommended).
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Installing the System
To install the software, insert the Acronis PrivacyExpert installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive and run the program. Please carefully follow all instructions shown in the installation wizard. Having answered all the questions in the installation wizard and copied PrivacyExpert files to the hard disk, you must to re-boot your PC.
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Recovering Acronis PrivacyExpert
If Acronis PrivacyExpert was damaged during installation or execution, run its installation program again. The software will determine that Acronis PrivacyExpert ha ...
