| Feature |
Description |
| Windows Cleaning features |
| Swap file |
Area of the hard drive which stores information that is not currently being used by the computer RAM. |
| Temporary files |
Temporary files are usually created by applications that need to store information that is either too big for storage in RAM. |
| Registry streams |
Each time you open, close or move your Explorer windows, Windows saves size and location information for all Explorer windows in Registry. |
| Application logs |
Logs are kept on how often you run your programs. This option enables secure destruction of those logs. |
| File last visited locations |
File locations which are stored in the Windows common dialog boxes. |
| File save/open history |
Files usage history which are stored in the Windows common dialog boxes. |
| App run/open history |
History from the Start -> Run command. |
| File find/search history |
History from the Start -> Search / Find command. |
| Recent documents history |
History from the Start -> Documents/Recent Documents folder. |
| Start menu order history |
The Start menu typically places the most commonly accessed programs first, this cleaning option puts them in alphabetical order. |
| Start menu click history |
The Start menu stores the dates and times you use programs. This cleaning option deletes this information. |
| Recycle bin |
This is where files are placed after you 'delete' them. |
| Windows media player history |
Playlist and file access history for Windows Media Player. |
| Microsoft Office history |
File access history for Microsft Office programs (Word, Excel, etc...) |
| Clipboard memory |
When you copy and paste items on your computer, the copy process stores the item to be copied in memory - this is the clipboard. |
| Internet Explorer Cleaning features |
| Address bar history |
The area near the top of your web browser where you type the URL that you want to navigate to. |
| Auto complete history |
A web browser feature which 'remembers' text that you type into a web browser (search criteria, your name, address, credit card number, etc.). |
| Download folder |
The default storage location for downloaded files. |
| URL error logs |
An intermittent logging file which keeps records of page URLs you have tried to access that resulted in an error. |
| Cache (temporary internet files) |
When you view a web page, all information from the web page (images, video, text, cookies, etc.) are stored on your computer in a predefined location. This is called cache. |
| Favorites (bookmarks) |
Area which stores web locations that you like to visit. |
| Visited URL history |
A stored list of all websites that you have visited, normally stored in your user profile. |
| Cookies |
Small files which remember specific data about specific websites. |
| index.dat |
A special 'locked' file which functions as a repository of redundant information, such as web URLs, search queries, and recently opened files. |
| Hard Drive Cleaning Features |
| File shredder |
Ability to permantly delete specific files making them irrecoverable |
| Directory structure of deleted files |
When you delete files, Windows sometimes keeps their names buried in the directory structure at the hardware level of the hard drive. This function scans and analyzes all the folders on your drives, securely eliminating all traces of deleted file names, and also their times, dates, sizes and attributes. |
| Free cluster / slack space |
Some files allocate more disk space than the size of the actual file. This option will free up this unused space. |
| Magnetic remenance |
The disk space beneath existing files and folders can be securely overwritten with multiple passes of garbage to defeat hardware analysis of deleted files by electron microscopes. This feature attempts to accomplish this. |
| Change file/floder dates/times |
Every folder and file on your computer has a variety of date and time information associated with it - when it was created, last accessed, etc. This feature allows you to 're-stamp' files and folders with randomly generated dates and times. |
| Other Features |
| Windows Explorer right-click integration |
The ability to right click a file within windows explorer and permanently erase it. |
| Add custom folders/files |
The ability to add files and folders that you choose to be cleaned durning the cleaning process. |
| Safety mode |
A mode which tests various cleaning features, then logs the results before actually performing the entire cleaning process. This is useful in detemining if a cleaning process may fail and how to resolve it. |
| Stealth mode |
The ability to run invisibly (not appearing in the taskbar or task manager), normally invoked by a hotkey combination. |
| Logging |
The ability to keep a log of items that have been deleted or cleaned. |
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