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How to erase favicon files
using NetShred X
Mac OS X Internet Track Eraser
Favicons are the thumbnails beside the URLs stored in your browser history. You can use NetShred X to erase this information so it can't be recovered.
- To shred the internet tracks you've previously deleted, see notes
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Requirements
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Instructions
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If you haven't already done so, configure NetShred X to erase favicon files for your browser.
In NetShred X Preferences Shred Tab, tick the Web Browser - "Safari, Opera, Camino, Shiira, and OmniWeb Icons" Option.
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In NetShred X Preferences Enable Tab, tick the Web Browser you want to erase favicons for. (You don't need to untick browsers you don't use.)
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For further information on updating the preferences, refer to the "How to Install NetShred X" section of the NetShred X ReadMe (pdf)
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The next time NetShred X is run, it will erase the favicons.
By default, NetShred X is set up to run when you quit from your browser. To run it using a different run option, see notes.
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Notes
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- For more detailed information about NetShred X for Mac OS X, refer to the
- To ensure that all of your current internet tracks are erased, not just deleted remember to run NetShred X each time you quit from your browser or email program.
- You can run NetShred X a number of ways. Choose the one that best meets your needs
- There's an important difference between the technical terms "delete" and "secure delete".
- The technical computer term "delete" refers to the type of computer function where the data is marked as deleted, but not really gone. Functions such as dragging a file to the trash/recycle bin and then emptying it marks the data as deleted so the space can be used again, but the data itself remains on the hard drive and recoverable until it is overwritten by something else. On a hard drive with lots of free space, this could take months or even years.
- On the other hand, the technical term "secure delete" refers to the type of computer function where the data is overwritten by other characters so the data can't be recovered. "Secure Delete" is also referred to as "clean", "wipe", "erase" and "shred". Computer software that performs this type of function is often called a "file shredder" a "data shredder" or "secure delete utility".
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