HistorySweep is a simple, yet powerful, privacy protection tool which removes the browsing history trail that is created on your machine when you surf the internet.

HistorySweep will protect your privacy in four of the top web browsers on the market (Internet Explorer, AOL Browser, Netscape, and Opera) using industry standard encryption to eliminate your history files beyond all practical recovery.

As an extra bonus HistorySweep will also speed up your machine and free up hard drive space by allowing you to remove temporary Windows files which are no longer needed. Additionally, HistorySweep comes with a FREE Popup Killer which will disallow web sites from opening annoying popup windows on your computer.

How does HistorySweep make sure my history can not be recovered?

HistorySweep entirely overwrites each history file with randomly generated characters up to 99 times (21 by default). It then overwrites each file with a blank zero byte file and finally deletes the file from your hard drive.

Is HistorySweep a comprehensive solution?

HistorySweep is designed to support all of the latest version of four of the leading web browsers for Microsoft Windows. HistorySweep supports Internet Explorer (5.x, 6.x), AOL Browser (7.x, 8.x), Netscape (6.x, 7.x), and Opera (6.x, 7.x). HistorySweep supports Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT4, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. Additionally HistorySweep supports three of the most popular media players, QuickTime, RealPlayer, and Windows Media Player.

Is HistorySweep powerful?

Yes, HistorySweep employs multiple processor threads to complete each history sweep as fast as possible while still leaving you free to use your machine as usual.

Can HistorySweep automatically clear my history so I don't have to think about it?

Absolutely, HistorySweep can be configured to automatically sweep your history each time you start your computer and each time you close down all of your web browsers.

What else can HistorySweep do?

Files can build up that are created by Windows but are no longer needed. These files can take up a lot of your hard drive space. HistorySweep can free up this space for your use.

What does the HistorySweep Popup Killer do?

More and more web sites are adding popup advertisements to their websites. Popup advertisements are extreamly annoying and can slow down your internet connection. When the HistorySweep Popup Killer is enabled Internet Explorer is not allowed to open new browser windows. The Popup Kill is easily enabled/disable.