Re: File traces

["Frynge Customer Support" <frynge () frynge com>]

Yes there will be a lot of traces.

- your swap/page file may have traces
- history in browser, or recent programs loaded
- temp files inside your Documents and settings/user/ area
- registry if you installed anything

To combat this, try a little program called: ACE UTILITIES

It has a temp deleter, history deleter, it will remove temp junk files, and 
wipe deleted file data so there is no record on the hard drive.

For your page file...  in Win XP Professional, the Group Policy Editor has a 
security option to clear the pagefile at system shutdown. The same setting 
also forces the hibernation file to be wiped at shutdown.  To change the 
setting, click Start, Run, type GPEDIT.MSC click OK.  Drill down to Computer 
Configuration, Windows Settings, Security Settings, Local Policies, Security 
Options. In the right pane, find "Shutdown: Clear virtual memory pagefile". 
The default is "Disabled".  If you enable it, be warned that deleting the 
pagefile takes such a long time to complete, that you may think that 
shutdown has hung up. It will SUBSTANTIALY increase the shutdown time.

How to Clear the Windows Paging File at Shutdown
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314834

Cheers

Kelly Sigethy - Frynge.com
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http://www.frynge.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sumeet Narula" <sumeet.narula () gmail com>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 11:04 PM
Subject: File traces


> Hi,
>
> Can anyone tell me that if I store all my office files on the USB drive 
> and
> programs on the Desktop, will there be any traces of the files on the
> desktop hdd even if I am opening files on the USB and saving them there
>
> Regards