Evidence Wipe Introduction.

Evidence Wipe is a powerful privacy protection tool that will allow you to better manage your online and offline personal privacy along with that of your family members. Evidence Wipe supports the standards laid out by the United States Department of Defense in terms of data removal from end-users computers.

Installation Of Evidence Wipe.

Once you have purchased a copy of the Evidence Wipe privacy protection software you will be sent an email by our payment processor, CCBill.

In this email you find your username and password to access the Evidence Wipe download center located at http://cc.evidencewipe.com/members/ 

Once you have successfully logged in to the Evidence Wipe download center you will see a small red button which you should click to download your new software.

Once you have downloaded the evidencewipe.exe file you should then double-click on it to start the installation process, the program installer will guide you through the entire setup process which should only take about 60 seconds.

Using Evidence Wipe.

With the Evidence Wipe software installed on your computer the first thing you should do is launch the program by double-clicking the Evidence Wipe icon located on your Desktop or, by going to Start > Programs > Evidence Wipe > Evidence Wipe.

Once the application has opened you will see a screen like the one below with 3 tabs on it, these tabs are where you will configure the various parts of the Evidence Wipe programs cleaning functions and they include, from left to right, History Cleaner, Cookie Keeper and, Settings.

Evidence Wipe 1st Time Setup.

Before you use Evidence Wipe for the first time, you need to setup the various types of data removal processes by clicking on the 'settings' tab. You will then see several options, these are as follows:

Automatically Close IE Windows When Clean Starts.

This option will automatically close your Internet Explorer browser once the cleaning process begins, this is to ensure that all IE cookies, temporary files and recently accessed web page history and click history is removed completely.

If you would like to sanitize your IE history, IE cookies, stored passwords, temporary internet files, recently accesses web pages, URL address bar, and other Internet Explorer related data, this option should be checked for optimal performance.

Automatically Close FireFox Windows When Clean Starts.

This option will automatically close your Mozilla FireFox browser once the cleaning process begins, this is to ensure that all FireFox cookies, temporary files and recently accessed web page history and click history is removed completely.

If you would like to sanitize your FireFox history, cookies, stored passwords, temporary internet files, recently accesses web pages, URL address bar, and other Mozilla FireFox related data, this option should be checked for optimal performance.

Clean System Defaults Every [X Minutes].

This is where you can set the Evidence Wipe scheduled cleaning process. For optimal results we recommend setting the scheduled time anywhere between 30 and 60 minutes.

Automatically Start In Invisible Mode When Windows Starts.

If you check this box then as soon as Windows boots up, Evidence Wipe will also launch but will not start removing any data until you activate the cleaning process (Unless you have scheduling turned on).

Clean My Defaults When Windows Starts.

By checking this box Evidence Wipe will automatically start removing hidden data from your computer as soon as Windows starts. We recommend using this option if you want your private data to be as secure as possible.

Work In Invisible Mode When Program Starts.

This option will start Evidence Wipe in 'invisible mode' whenever the program launches, you will notice a small Evidence Wipe logo on the bottom right of your desktop (in your taskbar) when you are running the program in invisible mode. To break out of invisible mode, simply hold down CTRL+K and the main Evidence Wipe window will open.

Once you have setup Evidence Wipe to operate how you would like it to, simply click on the 'save' button and Evidence Wipe will store your preferences for future use.

Removing / Keeping Cookies.

Once you have used the program setup screen, the next tab you should click on is the 'Cookies Keeper' tab, this is where you will be able to tell Evidence Wipe which specific cookies you would like it to leave on your computer along with which ones you would like Evidence Wipe to remove.

To save a cookie, search in the left had side box for the cookie you wish to keep, click on it once, then click on the 'add' button which will then place the cookie name on the right hand side box. If you make a mistake, simply click on the cookie name in the right hand side box and click on 'remove' to amend the list..

After you have selected all of the cookies you wish to keep, you should click on the 'Save' button.

Start Sanitizing Your Computer.

Now that we have setup the Evidence Wipe privacy protection software, it is time to start using it. Remember that you will only have to go through the setup stages again if you wish to change any of the options or, to add more cookies to save.

By default Evidence Wipe shows you all of the option in the main screen that you can select/de-select. If you wish to only see the options for a specific cleaning process, Windows, Internet Explorer or, FireFox then you can click on the 'Selector' panel on the left hand side to just show the information you would like to see.

You will notice that next to each individual item (on the right hand side) there is a number, this number represents how many kilobytes of storage space is being used by each of the individual hidden data files, once you have run Evidence Wipe, you will notice that a lot of those numbers change to 0k, this is perfectly normal and it means that all the hidden data on your computer has been removed, so do not be alarmed.

Selecting Items To Clean And What They Do.

Now let us take a moment to go over what each of the individual items in the main list are, and what they do, along with the type of hidden data Evidence Wipe may remove from each item.

IE Cache.

This option will remove all of your Internet Explorer cache files, including stored images, movies, downloaded web pages and also pages stored in your Internet Explorer directory by Windows. We recommend that all users select this option.

IE Cookies.

This option will delete any cookies from Internet Explorer except for the cookies you saved in the 'Cookie Keeper' setup you used earlier. We recommend that all users select this option.

IE URLs History.

This will remove all history of any link that you have clicked online, which will make it look like any page you may visit, you have never been to before, even though you have and have also clicked links on that page. We recommend that all users select this option.

IE Typed URLs.

This option will remove the auto-complete URL address bar URLs that someone may see if they try typing a direct website address in to your Internet Explorer browser. We recommend that all users select this option.

IE Favorites.

This part of the selection process will remove ALL Internet Explorer favorites from your computer, if you have websites saved in your Favorites, then it is not recommended to use this feature if you need to keep the favorites list intact.

IE Auto-Complete Forms.

This option will remove information such as your home address, credit card numbers, social security numbers, your name and phone number, email address and other data that your computer may have stored about your. This is the type of data that hackers, spyware and trojans try to get in order to steal your identity. Evidence Wipe removes this data with each use so long as you have this option selected. We recommend that all users select this option.

IE Auto-Complete Passwords.

This option will remove any stores usernames or passwords you may have on your computer. This is the type of information that phishing scams try to get from you as well as computer hackers in order to change your online account details or read your private emails, etc. We recommend that all users select this option.

Windows Run History.

This option will remove all history of recently opened files and folders from the Windows run menu. Removing this data will stop people from knowing which programs you have opened and used. We recommend that all users select this option.

Windows Recent Files.

This option in Evidence Wipe will completely remove all traces of recently accessed files and folders, this includes images, movies, word files, notepad files, emails, downloads, etc. This will stop anyone from being able to see which files you recently accessed and what changes you made to them. We recommend that all users select this option.

Windows Recycle Bin.

This option will completely empty and destroy any and all files or folders located in your recycle bin at the time of running Evidence Wipe. Only use this option if you are 100% certain that you do not need to recover any of the files or folders located in the recycle bin.

Windows Last Logon User.

This option will clear out the data stored by Windows about the last computer user to logon to the system, this is primarily if your computer is shared by more than 1 person each with their own 'account'.

Windows Temp Files.

This option will remove ALL traces of temporary files that are created in programs such as Outlook, Word, FrontPage, Paint, Notepad, etc. This secures your temporary file data making sure that nobody can access any of it and find out what you have been working on. This is an especially important feature for Evidence Wipe users in the workplace.

Mozilla FireFox Cache.

This option will clean out the cache created by the Mozilla FireFox browser whenever you visit a website online. This stops people being able to trace your steps online when using the Mozilla FireFox browser. We recommend that all FireFox users select this option.

Mozilla FireFox Cookies.

This option in Evidence Wipe will clean out all of your Mozilla FireFox based cookies (with the exception of ones you chose to keep in the 'Cookies Keeper' section of the setup). We recomment that all FireFox users select this option.

Mozilla FireFox Download Manager.

Selecting this option will completely remove all stored data that Mozilla FireFox indefinitely records about the programs and items you have downloaded off the internet. By cleaning this information from your computer nobody will be able to tell what you downloaded, when you downloaded it or where it was saved to on your computer. We recomment all FireFox users select this option.

Once you have checked the individual items that you wish Evidence Wipe to clean the data from, you should click on the 'Save as Default' button which will store your selection for the next time you load the program (so that you don't have to re-select everything again) once you have saved your defaults the next thing you need to do is click 'Clean', this will start the program (and you will hear a brief sound as Evidence Wipe starts cleaning the data from your computer).

Once Evidence Wipe has successfully cleaned all of the hidden data from the areas on your computer that you select you will hear another small sound letting you know it has finished.

Congratulations, any hidden data about you that was stored on your computer has now been removed and your privacy is safe once again.