What are Temporary Internet Files?
Temporary Internet Files are, in fact, the cache of the Internet Explorer. This means that when you load a web page with
Internet Explorer, it is saved on your computer so that if you later decide to open the same page again, it will open
a lot faster. Temporary Internet Files improve speed of web browsing and also make possible so called offline
browsing, which gives you the ability to open the web pages from cache even when you are not connected to the
Internet.
Despite all these positive things about Temporary Internet Files, they have one big drawback: they compromise
your privacy. Everyone with access to your computer can look into your Temporary Internet Files folder (location
of this folder is discussed here) and see the sites that you have visited in the past. You can manually delete the
contents of Temporary Internet Files folder (explained here) but this will not erase all traces of the pages because
a special file called Index.dat is placed in this folder and it will still preserve the names and even the dates of
your first visits to many pages.
Can we delete all traces that can be used to determine which pages were visited? And can we enjoy the benefits
of Temporary Internet Files without fear that this will make our online habits highly exposed? Both questions have
one answer: you can use Mil Shield to clean all traces and even to select some sites that can be left in
Temporary Internet Files if you wish.
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If you want to know more about Temporary Internet Files and want to locate them and delete them manually,
then read the next chapters of this article.
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