If I clear the private data on my computer (including cookies) can other ppl see that i use porn?

Question

This thing just popped up on my computer that I have like 672 porn pictures installed on my computer, and i did used to look at porn but i stopped. i don't want anyone to know... if i've cleared all the private data, can ppl still tell that i looked at it?

Answer 1

maybe .. it depends on if theres any files or pics anywhere .. check out recent docs ur temp folders .. history ...

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I imagine that "thing" that popped up was trying to sell you some kind of hide your tracks program. But it probably wouldn't have sent that to you unless it somehow detected porn. If you actually have 672 porn pics on your system then deleting those would be a good start if you dont want people to know you look at porn.

Answer 4

Ok.. This is what u do.. If u are using Internet Explorer 7 already then follow these steps..

1. Click on Tools
2. Click Internet Options
3. Click "Delete" in Browsing
4. Then a window should pop up
5. Then click Delete All
6. Then an other window will pop up and then on that window check the box..

After these steps u will be fine :)

Answer 5

Your general, average American computer user will not be able to tell...plus chances are this message you receved was from a service trying to scare you into buying a worthless product...

HOWEVER, be advised that professional computer techs can find this information on your computer no matter what you do. Even in you delete something, there will still be a trace of it that can be linked back to whatever was deleted.

Not long ago in the news there was a guy who had looked at child pornography and deleted it from his computer. He took it to Best Buy to get serviced for something and the tech found the supposedly deleted kiddie porn. He got in A LOT of trouble.

This is not to say looking at ADULT pornography is wrong (because I don't think it is, personally...), but it IS an example of what can happen.

Answer 6

Both. But I Really Prefer Soft Cookies like Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Answer 7

I wouldn't be embarrased about it - if you don't want anyone to know to know, make sure in your browser you delete your cookies, history and temp files, the sites you still visit will re-establish new cookies with you (and anything else they need). If this was a pop-up from browsing the internet, it might be right, it could be wrong, either way I'd get a pop-up blocker, I like the Google task bar myself as it's pop-up blocker has worked the best (there's several out there probably just as good, I haven't tried their pop-up blocker so I can't weigh in sorry - Yahoo has one, Ask.com has one just don't get the my search one, it installs a lot of spyware on your computer and Spybot will flag the entire thing and uninstall and delete it) . It won't remove absolutely *every* instance of pop-ups, it does remove 99% of them (some sites have found ways around pop-up blockers, but I have found this very very rare - just beware the pop-ups that look like windows messages but aren't).

As for the pictures, if you still have porn pictures on your computer, I'd do a search for all .jpg images and .gif images to see where they were stored, unless you know where they were stored, and if you have a Writable CD or Writable DVD - I'd store the images there (and put it somewhere for yourself if you're really adamant about no one seeing the pictures) and then delete them from your computer.

I'd also run programs like Adaware and Spybot's Search & Destroy to make sure there's no hidden programs causing the 'pop-up' you described or hidden programs you might have installed in order to look at the porn pictures (You can look at your control panel and goto add and remove programs, and if you find anything there that you remember or don't remember installing and feel it's related to porn or something more sinister, I'd delete them (don't go delete happy, make sure you don't have the windows updates shown and if you're not sure if you should delete it, ask). I think that will pretty much ensure no one will know you ever looked at porn.

If you really want to be thorough, I'd get a trojan checker to be safe, and a virus checker too. Many can be run for a few days without paying for them, run them, if they find anything, ask them to clean them off, and then delete. Do this once in a while (there is a free virus program out there that's pretty good I just forget the name of it sorry. I'll have to ask my mother-in-law's computer guy again).

Now, once you're done - empty anything (if there is anything) you have in your trash bin (recycle bin).

You shouldn't have anymore troubles, be sure to once a week or once a month (depending how often you are online and browse) to run adaware and spybot.

I understand it can be embarrasing, my husband has looked at porn online since before he was my husband - he was sweet to ask me about it first, but I've never had a problem with it. Maybe I'm a different type of person - (I know men think about sex a lot, as I remember hearing once, men have a sexual thought once every three seconds - so I get it) certain items for him are a learning tool (people putting celebrity heads on naked bodies, he's a graphic designer - he likes to try and reverse engineer the well done pieces or attempt to draw freehand the human body....hmmm...never thought someone could make porn geeky huh! :P).

Give it a try, if you're still having trouble and feel that your past in viewing porn is haunting you, ask a friend that knows computers or if that feels uncomfortable, ask a stranger to fix it. Either tell him you followed a misleading link and you've gotten weird things happening on your computer (and explain the problems happening), or tell him the truth, you used to look at porn and you want to clean it off so no one knows you did. If you still want to re-visit the downloaded pictures, I do suggest backing them up on a CD or DVD whichever you have and tucking them away somewhere for yourself.

Good luck :) and please, don't feel embarrased about it :) the porn industry wouldn't be what it is today if not for so many people subscribing to it, so you're not a lone, you're actually the majority. :)

(Sorry so long)

Answer 8

Yes, anyone who can hack into your system can see every thing on your hard drive. You have to format your drive to clear it all. Even deleted items can be traced on your drive. Sounds like you have a spyware, trojan or worm on your system. You get these through porn sites and games sites. If you have a firewall and deep security then just get adware and spybot to get rid of it and use a deep scan from McAffee or Norton to make sure you are clean.
If you are very infected and can't get rid of it you may have to go to a specialist to clean your drive. Don't use a credit card or bank details on this PC or any valuable information. If you have got e-mails from sites pretending to be from your bank, you might be infected this way.

If in doubt, go to a specialist and explain the situation and say that you don't know how the porn got on to your drive and they should be able to help you.

I hope this helps you and good luck in getting rid of this rubbish.

Answer 9

yes. There are still these files that have a history of everything you have looked at and dates. Plus if there is a tech guy he would know that if you have deleated a file from your computer this does not mean that the file is gone. You can still recover it from the hard disk. They are known as ghost files. THese are files which have been deleated but still could be recovered from the computer even after a compleat format. You should get your hands on one of those softwares that remove everything from you computer. Drivescrubber is one software that i konw of that would remove all the evidence.

Answer 10

Get adaware and get rid of the spyware first. Delete all the pics, videos, etc. and then empty the recycle bin. Unfortunately, it is still posible to recover documents from the dead. When a file is emptied, it is compressed to smaller than a byte of data. It is then stored in your harddrive. It is basically impossible to recover these files, but if you get in trouble with the police and they take your computer, they'll find it.

Answer 11

Yes. Get a good clean up tool from the internet. Search for Clean PC and find the option that does what you want for the price you can pay.