ACRONIS PRIVACYEXPERT 2003 Manuel utilisateur

User's Guide

PrivacyExpert 2003

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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 THE ACRONIS PRIVACYEXPERT MAIN WINDOW..........................................9

1.6.2 LOGICAL SOFTWARE ORGANIZATION: SECTIONS.......................................10

1.6.3 EXECUTING PC CLEAN-UP MANUALLY .....................................................11

1.6.4 CLEAN-UP SETTINGS ................................................................................. 11

1.6.5 SEPARATE COMPONENTS CLEAN-UP SETTINGS ..........................................14

1.6.6 EXECUTING SCHEDULED PC CLEAN-UP ....................................................20

1.6.7 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 INTERNET CACHE ......................................................................................26

3.1.2 COOKIES ...................................................................................................27

3.1.3 DOWNLOADED COMPONENTS ................................................................... 28

3.1.4 LAST VISITED PAGES ................................................................................30

3.2 SYSTEM COMPONENTS .................................................................. 32

3.2.1 PAGING/SWAP FILE...................................................................................32

3.2.2 RECYCLE BIN ...........................................................................................32

3.2.3 TEMPORARY FILES....................................................................................32

3.2.4 HARD DISKS FREE SPACE .........................................................................33

3.2.5 CUSTOM FOLDERS/FILES ..........................................................................34

3.2.6 REGISTRY BACK-UPS ................................................................................35

3.2.7 FIND COMPUTERS LIST .............................................................................36

3.2.8 FIND FILES LIST........................................................................................ 37

3.2.9 RECENTLY USED DOCUMENTS LIST .........................................................38

3.2.10 WINDOWS RUN LIST .................................................................................39

3.2.11 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

Acronis PrivacyExpert 3

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?

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. to remove Windows registry back-ups, keeping evidence of user’s

work with PC and the Internet;

2. to delete temporary files from standard Windows folders;

3. to delete custom folders/files from any disks connected to PC;

4. to clean Windows recycle bin;

5. to clean Windows paging/swap file;

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6. to clean hard disks free space;

7. to clean the opened/saved files history;

8. to remove the evidence from find files list and find computers list.

9. 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.

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.

6Introduction

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: [email protected]

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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.

1.2 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).

1.3 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.

1.4 Recovering Acronis PrivacyExpert

If Acronis PrivacyExpert was damaged during installation or execution, run its

installation program again. The software will determine that Acronis

PrivacyExpert has already been installed to your PC and ask if you want to

recover (update) or completely remove it from the disk.

8Chapter 1 : Installing and Starting to Work with Acronis PrivacyExpert

In the installation wizard window select Recover/Update Acronis PrivacyExpert

and click Next. All Acronis PrivacyExpert files will be copied to your hard disk

again to restore the software.

1.5 Removing the System

To remove the software select Acronis ÆPrivacyExpert ÆRemove Acronis

PrivacyExpert from the Programs menu. You will see the dialog box to

confirm removal of the software from your PC hard disk.

To confirm removal click Yes. Acronis PrivacyExpert will be completely

removed from the PC hard disk.

1.6 Starting to Work with Acronis PrivacyExpert

The Acronis PrivacyExpert user interface features a standard Windows XP

icon graphical user interface (GUI) elements. We will not describe details

here, but instead pay general attention to setting and executing clean-up

variants.

1.6.1 The Acronis PrivacyExpert Main Window

Acronis PrivacyExpert is controlled from the main window. It is shown on the

screen after selecting Acronis ÆPrivacyExpert ÆPrivacyExpert from the

Programs menu. The Acronis PrivacyExpert main window is a Windows dialog

box split into two parts:

• The right part contains grouped lists of main PC clean-up variants

user may execute with Acronis PrivacyExpert;

• The left part of the window, or sidebar, is an element first

introduced in the Windows XP. It contains grouped actions that can

be performed on objects in the right part of the window.

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The Acronis PrivacyExpert main window

Clean-up variants are executed, set, scheduled, and renamed with the help

of corresponding items of the main menu, toolbar, sidebar, and context

menus.

1.6.2 Logical Software Organization: Sections

Logically Acronis PrivacyExpert consists of several parts, each enabling

users to perform (1) specific variants of complex PC clean-up from PC activity

evidence or (2) clean-up separate system components.

Complex PC clean-up

In the One Click Clean-up section, shown by default in the right part of the

Acronis PrivacyExpert main window, users have access to icons of three

predefined complex PC clean-up.

If you need to perform:

1. entire PC clean-up, including Windows system areas and sections related

to working on the Internet, execute Entire PC Clean-up;

2. clean-up of sections related to working on the Internet, execute Internet

Clean-up;

3. Windows system section and user files/folders clean-up, execute System

Clean-up.

Attention! Described clean-up variants are fully set up by default and ready for

immediate work after Acronis PrivacyExpert is installed. They were created for the

ority of users to take advanta

e of them without understandin

all the advanced

settings and contain everything necessary for most users. Any of these variants can

be executed by a click of the mouse!

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