ACRONIS PRIVACYEXPERT 2003 User Manual page 5

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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