Index.dat File

The index.dat file is a power to be reckoned with because these ( index.dat file ) files lay hidden from normal viewing and contain all sorts of sensitive and private information about you and your surfing habits, both intentional and accidental! If your privacy is at all important to you, I urge you to grab a copy of CyberScrub and delete, clean, erase and remove ALL (yes, there can be more than one) evidence of the index.dat file.

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There are three kinds of index.dat file, all of them having the same structure but storing different kinds of information.

1. Temporary internet files index.dat file. This one is storing almost all the addresses of the html and pictures you opened in your browser. Cleaning the temporary internet files won't help, it will only remove the files, but it will keep the records in this file.

2. Cookies index.dat file. This file contains a list of cookies placed on your computer by sites you visited recently. Cleaning the cookies usually removes most of the records from this file, but there may be leftovers that were not deleted (usually less than 10).

3. History index.dat file. These files contain all the URLs you ever opened on your machine. There can be more than one file; usually it creates one of every week.