Index.dat file clearing...

[wnied]

Hello everyone

The index.dat file in your temporary internet file holds a cache of information that can be accessed by third parties when visiting a website. I was wondering if there is a program out there that can clear this?
When I used Millenium on my old system, there was a program called Kiss of the Spider, that would clear this cache...anyone know of one that works with Windows XP?

~wnied~

 

[Evadman]

It is stored in 2 other locations, so clearing one will not help, only make you feel better.

 

[Kaervak]

Reboot into safe mode with command prompt. When you're at the command prompt in safe mode type erase index.dat /s Then reboot. That's all.

 

[NightCrawler]

There is an app that will find them all and then create a .bat file that will be run at startup which will delete them all.

Index dat suite

 

[upsciLLion]

Best bet is to format c: /y

 

[Scouzer]

Windows Washer.