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Andrew's Hangout.com  Instantaneously hide all/one of the open windows with a keypress. With another keypress you can bring them all back.

System Downloads - SuperShredder ---  gives you the ability to delete files using not only common methods such as Gutmann and NISPOM (DoD), but can be completely customized to give you all the security and/or performance you may need. It can receive files via drag-and-drop onto the application or the icon, selecting files from inside the program, command line, and can even add a shortcut to your 'Send To' menu inside the Windows Explorer so it's simple to delete files in a secure and convenient fashion.

AutoHide When we, like most people work with confidentual and or sensitive data, we have to be especially careful when people come into our office while we are working with that data.
Often our 17", 19" or even 21" monitor makes it easy for unwanted eyes to take advantage of the fact we can't hide all the active windows fact enough.
Well not anymore. Autohide will do the job fast, quiet and without even a click. Just slide you mouse over the selected autohide area and everything is gone, well just minimized.
Then you simply normalize the window you want of open something else. No-one's the wiser.

Anfibia - Deskman The new Deskman SE allows you to secure desktops, lock computer access, and much more.
Protect desktops easily.
Apply different restriction levels.
One button security.
Designed for Windows XP.

Privacy Guard- internet privacy tool, remove history and insure your internet privacy!

Private Eye  Find out what private information your computer is storing about you. Monitor changes over time. Protect your privacy. All in one easy solution.

WinClean   is a freeware windows utility that lets you quickly clean out your web browser cache, temporary internet files, recently viewed documents list, and IE history/typed URLs list. Please note that this will only work for users of Internet Explorer 5.0 and above.

IE Privacy Keeper Simple and fast browsing history cleaner for Internet Explorer.

Wipe It Off, free download, Free, Window washer Evidence eliminator internet eraser absolute cookie cache windows cookies pro Did you know your computer tracks EVERYWHERE you go on the net, and you CAN'T GET RID OF the records by yourself?

Free Internet Eraser - delete cookies and history with Mil Free Internet Eraser  Your computer remembers the web sites you have visited and what you have entered in these pages. Ask yourself what would happen if your boss, spouse, kids or colleagues could see what you have been doing. Mil Free Internet Eraser  deletes Internet cookies and history tracks from your computer.

Sandboxie

When you browse the web, changes occur to your computer system. Most of the time these changes are harmless, like recording the addresses of web sites you have visited (and when), so Internet Explorer can help you complete a web address that you type in. Wheather these changes are harmless or harmful, they do in fact happen to your computer system.

When you use Sandboxie to protect your browsing session, it catches all these changes just as Internet Explorer is about to apply them into your computer system. Sandboxie does record these changes on behalf of Internet Explorer, but it records them in a special isolated folder, called the sandbox.

UltraShredder  is a complete re-write which stripped away the unecessary features from the application. UltraShredder Shreds Files by overwriting them 199 times with random characters, saving it to disk each time, and then bypasses the recycle bin. If the file were to be recovered by a restoration program, they would only be able to see unintelligible characters on disk where the file used to be. The program is very small with a minute memory footprint, and makes no changes to your system whatsoever.

Web-Tracks If you do not want leave any internet tracks on the hard drive after internet browsing, then you need Web tracks eraser. It is a free tool that clears the web tracks safely and completely with only one click Web tracks eraser works with Internet Explorer and Windows data files. It is a unique internet eraser software that doesn't require reboot Windows to erase index.dat files!

ERASER - Secure Data Removal Tool. is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and DOS.
Eraser is FREE software and its source code is released under GNU General Public License.

Trackless  thoroughly erases your Internet Explorer web browsing history -- for free. Take your privacy back today! You can't remove all traces of your browsing habits via the Windows Control Panel, but you can do it with Trackless. Trackless is one hundred percent free. For Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, XP, 2000, and 2003. This program contains NO ads, NO adware, and NO spyware. We are sharing this software with the public because we believe in your right to privacy -- plain and simple!

CleanCache  very powerful Internet Explorer 6.0 and Windows XP cleaner.

Desktop Locker   is very simply a Windows 95/98 desktop locking program. It will lock your desktop and require a password to free it. That's the simple explanation. But Desktop Locker is much more than that. Desktop Locker can password protect your computer so that every time your computer starts you must enter a password. You can set it to this before Windows loads, after Windows loads, or both. You can also have it password protect DOS mode. And then there's options: When locking your desktop in Windows, Desktop Locker can give you 60 seconds to enter the password before locking the computer or you can have it lock your computer right away. And you can choose to show the Windows taskbar or not.

Free Internet Eraser -  protects your Internet privacy by erase internet history and past computer activities. Even though, many of the tasks can be performed manually, Free Internet Eraser can automate this process for you. Free Internet Eraser allows you to erase history, erase Internet history, internet cache, cookies, address bar search history of your browser, and Window's temp folders, run history, search history, open/save history, recent documents and more. In addition, you can have Free Internet Eraser automatically clean your files when Windows is started or shutdown. Free Internet Eraser implements the US Department of Defense DOD 5220.22-M and NSA clearing and sanitizing standard, to gives you confidence that once deleted with Free Internet Eraser, your file data is gone forever and can not be recovered. Free Internet Eraser comes with an attractive, WindowsXP style interface and is easy to use.

Email Privacy The most comprehensive source for information regarding email security and privacy.

The Shredder is a fast shredding utility Destroys files and Folder Contents beyond Recovery. When normal files are deleting from the recycle bin or deleted using the Kill statement, the operating system simply marks the file as deleted and ignores it. Files can be easily recovered using file recovery software.
Confidential information should be completely destroyed and sanitised using specialised software.

Evidence Destructor - removes unwanted evidence and clutter from your computer

IE Privacy Keeper - Protect your online privacy Simple, small and fast browsing history cleaner for Internet Explorer. Cleans up all traces of your Internet activity.

TritaFile 2.0 -   is a software that definitively shred any file (archive, hidden, system, read only) or folder.

Wipe removes traces of Internet usage ( IE URL History, IE Cookies,
IE Autocomplete Passwords, Temporary Internet Files ) ,System Logs,Application History and much more with a single click of a button.
Win2000/XP

WSure Delete  offers two utilities that work to permanently delete data from a hard drive. When you need to shred sensitive information, Sure Delete ensures that it's done right. Rather than simply deleting file references on your computer, the program actually destroys the data itself. Sure Delete goes much further than the Windows Recycle Bin, and ultimately makes the data irretrievable. Best of all, the process is virtually effortless. Sure Delete offers a wizard-style interface that guides you through the process of deleting files. You'll have a clean, secure, evidence free hard drive in a matter of minutes. Sure Delete supports the FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS disk formats.

ZeroTracks is an advance privacy protection software. It is a must for anyone who is concerned with his privacy and disk space. ZeroTracks gets rid of all the redundant files that are created and accumulate during normal computer work and during connection to the Internet. Temporary files, history information, download information and cookies are efficiently handled by ZeroTracks.

CoolWebShredder A small utility for removing CoolWebSearch (aka CoolWwwSearch, YouFindAll, White-Pages.ws and a dozen other names). Spybot S&D tends to forget essential parts of the hijack, so until it updates, you can just this to completely remove the hijack. Updated to remove the new variants once they come out.

DesktopShield 2000  Secure your PC while when you are not using it.
Anyone wishing to tamper with your computer or look at your data will be locked out.
Just double-click on the program icon in the system tray to instantly lock your desktop.

SurfGhost allows you to choose what aspects of your surfing experience you want to keep private so no one except you can view your Internet activity. Also, SurfGhost can delete cookies while you surf, protecting your privacy.

Windows Cleaner is a FREE utiliy wich take care of the following:
CLEANS and DELETE all your INTERNET TRACKS AFTER surfing.
windowcleaner is a FREE utility to take care that it will delete your tracks
when you finished surfing.

Fire Fly

Mouse Secure  Mouse goes no further than box shown
Shortcuts to Desktop as well as Icon in Tray
User has Option to have it Run on Startup etc.

AbsoluteShield Internet Eraser protects your privacy by cleaning up all the tracks of your Internet and computer activities. The tool is integrated with IE and it can erase the browser cache, history, cookies, typed URLs, autocomplete list and so on in one click. You can also set the tool to automatically erase those tracks when you quit IE or quit Windows.

Eraser  is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.

Free History Eraser The most important is that Free History Eraser protects YOUR PRIVACY. This cleanup tool dynamically configures itself for Windows 95, 98, NT, ME, 2000, XP. It cleans evidence from multiple user profiles. For intuitive use Free History Eraser has a Graphical User Interface. The easy access to the functionality simplifies the program use.

Ani Secure Monitor  A Floating Screen tells anyone that the Computer is secure.. (Locked)
If any other than your chosen name is inserted a Lock Out screen (Slides In) and Locks everything Out (2nd Lock)
once the Original name(s) are placed in.... it lets you have Access
Startsup when the computer runs, it also allows the user to change password.

Index.dat Viewer and other Privacy Applications is a freeware (advertising sponsored) application usefull for viewing the contents of the index.dat files. These files contain records of your browsing activity, such as cookies and internet addresses. Interesting to mention here is that even if you empty your internet cache, the entries in these files still remain. More information about the index.dat file in my article.

Popup and Privacy Defender is the number 1 software on the Internet that helps people get rid of annoying pop-up windows and protect your privacy by keeping your Internet surfing absolutely trace free.

StayOut locks your computer when you are not using it to prevent unauthorized access. To unlock the computer you must supply the correct password. StayOut will restart itself if there is a power outage or if someone resets your computer. StayOut also has the function to act as your screen saver, therefore securing your computer when your screensaver would normally come on, thus allowing you to set a time limit.

DataDestroyer is an application which will safely remove sensitive data which when deleted, cannot be retrieved by any known methods. The "Extra Safe Delete" Takes more time but is almost certain to keep your files deleted. The "Standard" delete method is quicker, and should keep your files deleted from Recovery software although, Your data could still be recovered in specialized computer research labs.

Hide My Favorites This program hide URLs (IE Favorites) that you don't want others (kids,spouse,boss,etc.) to see. It is also password protected. Works on Internet Explorer 5.0 and above(possibly on 4.0 also).

Omniquad MyPrivacy  a new free software from Omniquad is a privacy tool that helps you maintain your privacy by cleaning up all traces of your Internet and PC activities. It helps you erase data you may have entered like personal information in online forms, Urls in your browser address bar, files you searched for, etc. Data that otherwise would be exposed to other users of your computer. It also helps you clear the files from both the Temp & the Temporary Internet Explorer folders.

Lock It XPress  This software Application is used for Locking the Folders for privacy purpose.

ClearDoc -  Clear Windows Document Menu utility will allow you to clear the
history in the Windows Document Menu with ease. Never again worry about
your co workers, family members, friends, seeing what files
(documents, pictures, videos, etc) you have been looking at and using!

NoCache is a simple, easy-to-use, easy-to-install, Internet Explorer history and recent URL list clear utility. It works by removing history and URL list entries after detecting a DialUp Networking connection closed. Includes an on-line time counter.
Clear cache on system shutdown, force 'Clear cache' upon user request. It's a one file application with setup, install and uninstall. Running over Windows 9x/Me/2k and Internet Explorer.

Ghostzilla The Camouflage Browser

Hide Me Have you ever been doing something on the computer you shouldn't have when someone walks in on you? Do you wish you had a program that hides the applications from view? This program hides open windows with a copy of your Desktop!!

WipeOut  I don't like windoze tracking everything I do and I I don't like the programs I have seen that clean things up so I set out to write a history and free space wipe program that is more suited to power users. Here are the features: Wipes free space on the selected drive, Clears cookies, temporary internet files, file access history from the registry and recent folder. Some of the power user features are select additional directories you want to wipe, registry keys you want to clear, cookies you want to keep, number of patterns to write to free space and registry entries before clearing and the thread priority of the free disk space wipe. For W2K users a Miscelaneous tab will be displayed that will give you the option of deleting locked files and relocating the SAM file.

CuteShield Internet Eraser protects your privacy by cleaning up all the tracks of your Internet and computer activities. The tool is integrated with IE and it can erase the browser cache, history, cookies, typed URLs, autocomplete list and so on in one click. You can also set the tool to automatically erase those tracks when you quit IE or quit Windows.

Who's There Ever find yourself getting paranoid about who is trying to get into your computer?, what connections are outgoing?.
This program was developed to catch all incoming and outgoing traffic and let you know in simple laymens terms

Boss Screen  Be able to preserve your privacy by pressing an easy-to-remember hotkey combination.

DesktopShield 2000 at Rocket Download is a security utility that discourages people from trespassing on your computer. At your command, the program literally locks up your system and renders it completely unusable. The taskbar disappears and Windows hotkeys are disabled, so nobody can access data. DesktopShield 2000 sits quietly in the system, and you can activate it by simply double-clicking the icon. After pressing a certain hotkey, supply a password to unlock the system. DesktopShield 2000 supports multiple users, and can be securely controlled by an administrator.

iISystem Wiper allows you to clear the history of your activities from you computer. Many programs store information about your activieties on the computer. Some of this information is easy to clear, such as the History, but other information can be hard to locate and clear, for example the cookie index file. iISystem Wiper allows you to clear this information with a click of a button. In addition to the lack of privacy this stored information causes, the files can also take up large amounts of space on you hard drive. Internet Explorer's temporary files can take up hundreds of megabytes of space.

Traces Viewer (freeware) This free utility allows you to view all kind of traces on your hard
drive (cookies, cached images, files and links, history) made by different
web-sites that you had browsed with your Internet Explorer before. Traces Viewer analyzes your computer and shows analysis results grouped by sites.

ABC Security Protector - password and security tools - free downloads

Access Lock  Password protect your files and restrict others from being able to start, see, change or delete them. File protection activates automatically according to the current user's idenity and the timetable that is defined for it. You can keep your employees or kids off the Internet, games and the other entertainment during the working time. You can define a timetable and a list of restricted files for each user individually as you like. Also, Access Administrator may protect files from casual or unauthorized removal. The program is reliably protected by the password. Try our password and security tools, free downloads. 

Security Administrator  Password protect your computer and restrict access to it with Security Administrator. It enables you to impose a variety of access restrictions to protect your privacy and stop others from tampering with your PC. You can deny access to Control Panel applets, disable boot keys, context menus, DOS windows, Registry editing, Internet and network access. Hide your desktop icons, individual drives, Start menu items, taskbar, apply password protection to Windows and restrict users to running specific applications only, control Internet usage, view statistics of computer use by your kids or employees. The program also has a built-in password protected lockup to prevent PC entry while you are away. Excellent online help is available. Try our password and security tools, free downloads. 

Tracks Eraser- #1 Online Privacy Tool How to Protect your Privacy, keep your Surfing private
Tracks Eraser is a great privacy tool to protect you

eCleaner -  Tired of clearing your personal Internet history and other folders? eCleaner can do all of that, fast. eCleaner allows you to delete your Internet Explorer History, Temporary Internet files, Cookies, Typed URLs in the address bar and more. eCleaner can also sit in your System Tray to allow fast history removal. Download eCleaner now!

LockIt This program enables you to lock your computer so no one can do anything to it (except hit the power button) while you're away.

Guideon - Vector Guideon allows you, the user to take control back over your identity. Microsoft Office applications include an identifier called a GUID (Globally Unique Identifier). This identifier is unique to each machine. As a result, any document could be traced back to its original creator. Guideon lets you remove these identifiers from the files with no ill effects to the data files.

SecureIt Pro SecureIt Pro is a versatile security application for your Windows desktop. Use SecureIt Pro to lock your computer when you're not there, to stop malicious users from accessing your desktop, or simply for fun. Using it is easy - just enter a password and click Lock - SecureIt Pro does the rest.

Winsecure-IT Ever caught someone using your computer without your permission, while you were away for 2 sec!?
Heres the program to solve this problem. Its like Windows NTs lock system, but just for Windows 9x/ME instead.
You simply run the program and your system is locked until the correct password is entered. This program is to be used just like you would use a screensaver with a password on, or of course Windows NTs lock system. 

Cleaner 1.0  utility for securely deletes file data, located in free disk space.

Free System Lock  Download System Lock allows you to lock your desktop so that no other users may use your computer. Windows NT/2000 already comes with this capability, but what about Windows 95, 98 & ME? 

Anonymizer.com -- Online Privacy Services It's an ON/OFF SWITCH for privacy that downloads right into your Internet Explorer toolbar. Just click it anytime you want privacy and security while surfing!

Drop-n-Lock Don't get burned by leaving your computer unprotected.

Privacy Links 

understandingprivacy.org Consumer Toolbox Privacy Tips 

Fast Anonymous Secured Surfing

3D PCPadlock 1.0 (30 Kb) Protect your computer from unauthorized access with PCPadlock. Although it isn't impossible to circumvent, this fine system-tray utility provides more than adequate protection from most would-be intruders.

Anonymous Browsing Quick-Start Page

CleanUP - How much disk space has CleanUp! recovered for you? I often manage several megabytes and I run CleanUp! frequently. The best it's done for me in one go is 86.4 MB (1,167 files) in just a little over a minute! Can you beat that? Take the CleanUp! challenge to find out

Hide In Picture HIP (Hide In Picture) is a program that allows you to conceal files inside bitmaps, using a password. The pictures look like normal images, so no one will suspect there is hidden data in them. This is known as steganography. It is not possible to get the hidden file back (or to even be sure there is a file in the picture) without the correct password

Privacy-Security Protecting Your Privacy & Security on a Home PC 

Proxys - 4 - All Web based CGI Proxys 

Third Party Proxy Servers Third party proxies are computers that sit between you and the Internet web sites you want to visit. The third party computer gets your web page and delivers it to you. A web site can only trace the proxy computer. this is much like using a PO Box to get your mail.

 Quick Hide Windows serves two purposes. Firstly you can use it as a Boss Key program to instantly hide any non-work activities you may be engaged in during office hours. Secondly you can use it to hide application to free up space on your taskbar or even hide the desktop and taskbar. All this is accessible from a keyboard shortcut.
Also, the added bonus is an option to hard lock your computer with password protection so when you're away, your work will not be seen.

SysProtect Desktop Shield Lock your desktop Use SysProtect Desktop Shield to put the clamps on your desktop when you step away from your PC. It's nothing fancy, but it gets the job done at a price that can't be beat. SysProtect Desktop Shield provides a handy system-tray menu to quickly apply the protection as needed. The desktop is hidden and function keys are disabled until the proper password is supplied.

Internet Explorer 5.5 Advanced Security Privacy Beta Download Internet Explorer 5.5 Advanced Security Privacy Beta to manage cookies and maintain a higher degree of security and privacy than you ever have before. Now, you can configure your browser settings to differentiate between cookies that originate from a Web server you're intentionally visiting and cookies that originate from other Web sites which provide advertising or services. A new Help Menu item provides an overview section and important links to information about Internet Explorer's security and privacy features.

DHCP Fix Download FREE 

AnalogX DHCP Fix is just a simple program that closes a security hole in Windows 95/98/2000 that can make it possible for another computer to monitor every piece of information that comes and goes from it. 
The program will allow you to enable or disable the registry entry that closes this particular hole. 
It's very easy to do and will only take you a couple seconds to once more bring a calming sense of security to your computer... Until the next hole is found.

anon.xg.nu - Providing Internet Privacy 

SecureIt Pro Lock your desktop is a system tray utility you can use to secure your desktop when you step away from your computer. It's secure, easy to use, and -- best of all -- free.

Camouflage Download FREE Now you can 'camouflage' your sensitive files to prevent unauthorised discovery. Email anything you like without your attached files being revealed! Hide your most secret files with Camouflage, available totally free of charge. 
Camouflage allows you to hide files by scrambling them and then attaching them to the file of your choice. This camouflaged file then looks and behaves like a normal file, and can be stored, used or emailed without attracting attention. 

Canary-Internet and Computer Monitoring Program for Home, School, Work

Sure Delete FREE This program is a security file shredder. 
Its purpose is to prevent others from breaching your privacy or stealing your secrets. 
Its method lies in removing all traces of any sensitive files from your hard disk, beyond all hope of recovery. 
Sure Delete can obliterate all aspects of an individual file and even wipe out entire folders in one operation. 
Sure Delete includes a user-selectable level of security and can clean your hard disk to make sure the files which were not removed with Sure Delete can't be recovered, either

Black Screen 

Black Screen is the perfect desktop security application for people who need fast and powerful security right at their fingertips.

SafeWeb provides the first free, completely private and
secure way to surf the Web anywhere, anytime

Lock and Protect any program on your pc so it cannot be used. 
You can also choose your own message to display if anyone attempts to run one of your locked programs. 
Includes password protection so only you can unlock the program for later use. (Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME). 

Parents Friend - application-passwordprotecting Windows-9x-Freeware-Security-Tool for parents, bosses and other people who allow other persons to use their PC but don´t permit them doing anything they want. So recognize what happend in your absence for making restrictions with this program.

AnalogX SuperShredder -FREE download

DesktopShield 2000 Protect your PC from tampering Keep others from accessing your computer with DesktopShield 2000. You can choose from an array of available options to apply just the right level of security to meet your needs.

BrowserSpy 

Do you care about privacy? You probably do or at least should! But what kind of information can a website get about you and your browser? A whole lot!

BrowserSpy will tell you detailed information, like version and support, of your Browser, JavaScript, JVM, Java, Plugins, Components, Language, Screen, Hardware, IP, Cookies, Web Server, FTP Password etc....

Anonymizer.com -- Online Privacy Services With an Anonymous Surfing subscription, you have total privacy online. Nobody - from marketers to ID thieves to your coworkers - can see where you surf.

SecureOutlook FREE The version of Outlook Express that comes with Windows is a great full featured email and newsgroup reader application. 
It also allows you to setup more than one user, enabling you to keep your messages, separate from other people. 
You can also setup a password to restrict access, but with this there is a serious flaw. 
If you neglect to select the command "Exit and Log Off Identity," when the next person opens Outlook they will be logged in as you. 
SecureOutlook gets around this problem, by launching Outlook for you. 
When it opens Outlook the default login is ignored and also when Outlook closes, the default login is ignored. 
Thus whenever you enter Outlook Express via SecureOutlook you are greeted with the familiar Login Screen. 

 

 

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