How can we daily clean the WinXP registry of privacy data which the
standard programs miss?

I run the following freeware privacy programs daily ... but I STILL find
some esoteric privacy keys left in the Windows XP SP2 registry! I can
delete these esoteric keys manually but doing that every day is a pain. It
would be nicer if we can teach a freeware program about those keys. What
freeware registry cleaner program can we add keys to so it learns how to
maintain our privacy?

For example, I run the following registry privacy cleaners daily:
- Javacool Software MRU Blaster 1.5 (
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrudownload.html )
- CCleaner 1.26.218 ( www.ccleaner.com )
- Toni Arts EasyCleaner 2.0.6 Build 7 (
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download414.html )
- CleanUp! 4.0 (http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup )
- Free Internet Eraser 2.05 ( http://www.privacyeraser.com )
etc.

But all these privacy erasers still miss many keys, for example, these
text-editor search history registry keys:
HKCU\Software\Lemmy\Lemmy\SearchHistory\Search1 value = textstring_1
HKCU\Software\Lemmy\Lemmy\SearchHistory\Search2 value = textstring_2
HKCU\Software\Lemmy\Lemmy\SearchHistory\Search3 value = textstring_3
....
HKCU\Software\Lemmy\Lemmy\SearchHistory\Searchnnn value = textstring_nnn

Judging from my multiple registry searches for known privacy data such as
my bank passwords and company name and social security number, etc. (using
the freeware RegScanner from http://www.nirsoft.net ), these freeware
security tools above miss a lot of privacy data left in the WinXP registry!

I can delete these registry keys manually daily, but I prefer to "teach" a
privacy program to do this for me.

So, my question to concerned community is:
Q: Is there a freeware privacy program out there that will allow us to
teach it which registry keys to clean daily?

From: "Anthony Susa" <Susa.J.Anth...@neosporum.com>

| How can we daily clean the WinXP registry of privacy data which the
| standard programs miss?
|
| I run the following freeware privacy programs daily ... but I STILL find
| some esoteric privacy keys left in the Windows XP SP2 registry! I can
| delete these esoteric keys manually but doing that every day is a pain. It
| would be nicer if we can teach a freeware program about those keys. What
| freeware registry cleaner program can we add keys to so it learns how to
| maintain our privacy?
|
| For example, I run the following registry privacy cleaners daily:
| - Javacool Software MRU Blaster 1.5 (
| http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrudownload.html )
| - CCleaner 1.26.218 ( www.ccleaner.com )
| - Toni Arts EasyCleaner 2.0.6 Build 7 (
| http://www.majorgeeks.com/download414.html )
| - CleanUp! 4.0 (http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup )
| - Free Internet Eraser 2.05 ( http://www.privacyeraser.com )
| etc.
|
| But all these privacy erasers still miss many keys, for example, these
| text-editor search history registry keys:
| HKCU\Software\Lemmy\Lemmy\SearchHistory\Search1 value = textstring_1
| HKCU\Software\Lemmy\Lemmy\SearchHistory\Search2 value = textstring_2
| HKCU\Software\Lemmy\Lemmy\SearchHistory\Search3 value = textstring_3
| ...
| HKCU\Software\Lemmy\Lemmy\SearchHistory\Searchnnn value = textstring_nnn
|
| Judging from my multiple registry searches for known privacy data such as
| my bank passwords and company name and social security number, etc. (using
| the freeware RegScanner from http://www.nirsoft.net ), these freeware
| security tools above miss a lot of privacy data left in the WinXP registry!
|
| I can delete these registry keys manually daily, but I prefer to "teach" a
| privacy program to do this for me.
|
| So, my question to concerned community is:
| Q: Is there a freeware privacy program out there that will allow us to
| teach it which registry keys to clean daily?

You don't because there is no need to. This is overmanagement and is "asking" for more
problems then you are trying to prevent.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

Anthony Susa wrote:
> How can we daily clean the WinXP registry of privacy data which the
> standard programs miss?
>
> I run the following freeware privacy programs daily ... but I STILL find
> some esoteric privacy keys left in the Windows XP SP2 registry! I can
> delete these esoteric keys manually but doing that every day is a pain. It
> would be nicer if we can teach a freeware program about those keys. What
> freeware registry cleaner program can we add keys to so it learns how to
> maintain our privacy?
>
> For example, I run the following registry privacy cleaners daily:
> - Javacool Software MRU Blaster 1.5 (
> http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrudownload.html )
> - CCleaner 1.26.218 ( www.ccleaner.com )
> - Toni Arts EasyCleaner 2.0.6 Build 7 (
> http://www.majorgeeks.com/download414.html )
> - CleanUp! 4.0 (http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup )
> - Free Internet Eraser 2.05 ( http://www.privacyeraser.com )
> etc.
>
> But all these privacy erasers still miss many keys, for example, these
> text-editor search history registry keys:
> HKCU\Software\Lemmy\Lemmy\SearchHistory\Search1 value = textstring_1
> HKCU\Software\Lemmy\Lemmy\SearchHistory\Search2 value = textstring_2
> HKCU\Software\Lemmy\Lemmy\SearchHistory\Search3 value = textstring_3
> ....
> HKCU\Software\Lemmy\Lemmy\SearchHistory\Searchnnn value = textstring_nnn
>
> Judging from my multiple registry searches for known privacy data such as
> my bank passwords and company name and social security number, etc. (using
> the freeware RegScanner from http://www.nirsoft.net ), these freeware
> security tools above miss a lot of privacy data left in the WinXP registry!
>
> I can delete these registry keys manually daily, but I prefer to "teach" a
> privacy program to do this for me.
>
> So, my question to concerned community is:
> Q: Is there a freeware privacy program out there that will allow us to
> teach it which registry keys to clean daily?

Since you already have CCleaner, why not use that. Select "Options" from
the menu on the left, then select "Custom" and enter the files you want
to have cleaned regularly.

*Note* I have never used this function in CCleaner myself. I have only
used the default settings presented by the program. So you are on your
own regarding configuration and any possible ramifications.



--
Insert witty comment here.

Anthony Susa wrote:

> So, my question to concerned community is:
> Q: Is there a freeware privacy program out there that will allow us to
> teach it which registry keys to clean daily?

What you need is IE Privacy Keeper (freeware).

About it: http://browsertools.net/IE-Privacy-Keeper/index.html

Download it: http://browsertools.net/downloads.html

--
Daze

If you feel that you can not find a program that does what you want I
suggest you look at the Windows XP SP2 Shared Computer Toolkit that has an
option to create restricted users and to delete any changes in the current
session to bring the computer back to the baseline state after a computer
restart with the Windows Disk Protection tool. There are also tools that
can backup and restore your registry to a previous state such as Erunt. ---
Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s.../overview.mspx --- Shared
Computer Toolkit
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/erunt.html --- Erunt

"Anthony Susa" <Susa.J.Anth...@neosporum.com> wrote in message
news:1mxqlc18np2i4$.xs96881zt4id.dlg@40tude.net...
> How can we daily clean the WinXP registry of privacy data which the
> standard programs miss?
>
> I run the following freeware privacy programs daily ... but I STILL find
> some esoteric privacy keys left in the Windows XP SP2 registry! I can
> delete these esoteric keys manually but doing that every day is a pain. It
> would be nicer if we can teach a freeware program about those keys. What
> freeware registry cleaner program can we add keys to so it learns how to
> maintain our privacy?
>
> For example, I run the following registry privacy cleaners daily:
> - Javacool Software MRU Blaster 1.5 (
> http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrudownload.html )
> - CCleaner 1.26.218 ( www.ccleaner.com )
> - Toni Arts EasyCleaner 2.0.6 Build 7 (
> http://www.majorgeeks.com/download414.html )
> - CleanUp! 4.0 (http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup )
> - Free Internet Eraser 2.05 ( http://www.privacyeraser.com )
> etc.
>
> But all these privacy erasers still miss many keys, for example, these
> text-editor search history registry keys:
> HKCU\Software\Lemmy\Lemmy\SearchHistory\Search1 value = textstring_1
> HKCU\Software\Lemmy\Lemmy\SearchHistory\Search2 value = textstring_2
> HKCU\Software\Lemmy\Lemmy\SearchHistory\Search3 value = textstring_3
> ...
> HKCU\Software\Lemmy\Lemmy\SearchHistory\Searchnnn value = textstring_nnn
>
> Judging from my multiple registry searches for known privacy data such as
> my bank passwords and company name and social security number, etc. (using
> the freeware RegScanner from http://www.nirsoft.net ), these freeware
> security tools above miss a lot of privacy data left in the WinXP
> registry!
>
> I can delete these registry keys manually daily, but I prefer to "teach" a
> privacy program to do this for me.
>
> So, my question to concerned community is:
> Q: Is there a freeware privacy program out there that will allow us to
> teach it which registry keys to clean daily?

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:39:22 -0500, David H. Lipman wrote:
>| Q: Is there a freeware privacy program out there that will allow us to
>| teach it which registry keys to clean daily?
>
> You don't because there is no need to.
> This is overmanagement and is "asking" for more
> problems then you are trying to prevent.

Hi David,

I understand your concern of deleting a registry key causing problems
further on down the road. If it were easy, it wouldn't be a question for
these expert user groups.

However, forsaking privacy for the sake of ease is like sort of like snail
mailing actual money to your pregnant unwed sister in an unsealed envelope
which anyone who cares to look can both see our private missives and who
can take your money if they see fit.

It's work to be secure and not without risk; that's why we ask the experts
here first!

Tony Susa

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:11:26 -0500, The Six Million Dollar Man wrote:
>> Q: Is there a freeware privacy program out there that will allow us to
>> teach it which registry keys to clean daily?
> Since you already have CCleaner, why not use that. Select "Options" from
> the menu on the left, then select "Custom" and enter the files you want
> to have cleaned regularly.

Hi Six Million Dollar Man,

Yes. Thank you. I do use Crap Cleaner to clean custom files too.

But, unless I misunderstand what ccleaner does, simply handing it the
system registry hives does no clean them of privacy information.

Maybe I misunderstood though, so I will let others let me know if I
misunderstood the suggestion.

Thanks for taking the time to help me and others,
Tony Susa

From: "Anthony Susa" <Susa.J.Anth...@neosporum.com>


|
| Hi David,
|
| I understand your concern of deleting a registry key causing problems
| further on down the road. If it were easy, it wouldn't be a question for
| these expert user groups.
|
| However, forsaking privacy for the sake of ease is like sort of like snail
| mailing actual money to your pregnant unwed sister in an unsealed envelope
| which anyone who cares to look can both see our private missives and who
| can take your money if they see fit.
|
| It's work to be secure and not without risk; that's why we ask the experts
| here first!
|
| Tony Susa

Then if the functions are redundant, I suggest learning how to use .REG files to remove
information from the Registry.

The you can run a BAT (CMD) file that can have in it...

regedit /s .\path\RegFix.reg

For exmple...

To remove

Heres a sample...
FixReg.reg file
-------------

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]
"NoChangingWallPaper"=-


[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Group Policy Objects]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoActiveDesktopChanges"=-
"ForceActiveDesktopOn"=-


-------------
Note the line...
"NoChangingWallPaper"=-

This means the Explorer Policy "NoChangingWallPaper" will be deleted.

Note the line...
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Group Policy Objects]

This means the key "Group policy Objects" and all below it will be deleted.


If the changes are NOT redundant, I strongly suggest NOT mucking with the Registry.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:19:25 -0600, Steven L Umbach wrote:
> If you feel that you can not find a program that does what you want I
> suggest you look at the Windows XP SP2 Shared Computer Toolkit that has an
> option to create restricted users and to delete any changes in the current
> session to bring the computer back to the baseline state after a computer
> restart with the Windows Disk Protection tool.

Hi Steven,

Thank you for taking the time and effort to suggest an alternative approach
if all else fails. Depending on the use model, this appears to be a good
fail-safe strategy.

To be honest, I'm going to first try the suggested IE Privacy Keeper
freeware ( http://browsertools.net/IE-Privacy-Keeper/index.html ) which
Daze N. Knights kindly provided.

If that doesn't work, I'll then try the freeware NirCmd tool from the
http://www.nirsoft.net site ( http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html )
which djohnson@english.umass.edu suggested separately. Donna Johnson said
she uses nirCmd in a batch file to delete privacy bank passwords and usenet
search keys.

It's wonderful when alternative suggestions are given, not only for me, but
for the many tens of thousands who lurk in the background following in our
footsteps,

Tony Susa

Anthony Susa wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:11:35 -0800, Daze N. Knights wrote:
>
>>>So, my question to concerned community is:
>>>Q: Is there a freeware privacy program out there that will allow us to
>>>teach it which registry keys to clean daily?
>>
>>What you need is IE Privacy Keeper (freeware).
>>About it: http://browsertools.net/IE-Privacy-Keeper/index.html
>>Download it: http://browsertools.net/downloads.html
>
>
> Hmm. Am I misinterpreting the readme for privacy keeper?
> This seems to only work for Internet Explorer.

Yes. You are misinterpreting it. Again, you can read about what it does
at http://browsertools.net/IE-Privacy-Keeper/index.html

>
> What I (and everyone else) has are hundreds of privacy related keys in the
> system registry that we need deleting.

That's what IE Privacy Keeper can do that Ccleaner cannot: delete
specified registry keys and individual files. For me, it automatically
deletes four registry keys and about a dozen individual files every time
my computer shuts down. It is a wonderful little application if you take
time to poke through it and learn how to use it.

The registry keys that I have it automatically delete for me at shutdown
are:

HKCU Software\IZSoftware\IZArc\Recent\cbExtractPath
HKCU Software\TomaSoft\MasterSplitter\Recent Dir List
HKCU Software\Xnews\coXPat
HKCU Software\Xnews\coSearch



--
Daze