F.A.Q.
Why Should I Use History Killer Pro?
Every move you make on your computer, including but not limited to email correspondence and Internet activity is being recorded on your hard drive and almost anyone can retrace your every move. Traces of your computer activity can be questionable and compromising. History Killer Pro will allow you to completely erase the sensitive data from your system. Besides solving the privacy protection issue History Killer Pro enables your computer run better as well.
Why I need History Killer Pro, if I can delete my computer files, internet related files and etc. manually?
Everything can be manually deleted from your system, but that information could be easily recovered with simple file restoration programs. History Killer Pro meets the standards set by the
for disk sanitization. This program’s technology is needed to get rid of sensitive information and is a must for users who concern about privacy.
Is History Killer Pro Hard To Use?
No. History Killer Pro is a simple, intuitive and user-friendly program. Every user can quickly learn to operate the program interface.
What kind of changes is made to index.dat file when I use Internet Explorer? Does History Killer Pro empty, remove or just make necessary changes in the file?
History Killer Pro parses index.dat file and securely makes all necessary changes in it.
Do I need to reboot my PC after History Killer Pro made changes in index.dat file?
No. History Killer Pro will make changes in index.dat file without any reboot.
How can I remove information concerning a specific website (URL) from my PC?
History Killer Pro includes search function. Make total scan of your PC (select all targets), search the part of website address (if you want to remove information concerning www.facebook.com, you should search facebook.com) and History Killer Pro will find all references to the specified website that can removed securely with a single mouse click.
When I open some item, like “Temporary Files”, I find subfolders there. Can I see content of subfolders and delete sub-items selectively?
Yes. Just double-click on the folder and chose the sub-item to delete. Moreover, In Windows Explorer you cannot see the content of folders in Recycle Bin, however History Killer Pro grants you the access to those subfolders and files.
I entered the folder and found only two dots. What does it mean?
It means that the folder you entered is empty. Double click on dots to go a level up and get out of the folder.
What is Rescan button for?
Some items may be changed or increased while you are working with History Killer Pro, especially when you use other programs at the same time (e.g. MS Word or Excel).
When I enter the Items, History Killer Pro starts working. Why?
It happens in case you didn’t scan the items before. History Killer Pro automatically scans the item and shows the results/sub-items.
I want to clean the information relating to specific site, but search function doesn’t give any results.
Search function works with scanned items only. Just close your browser and select it in History Killer Pro (Internet Explorer, Firefox) and scan. Then search the information relating to you site.
If I delete one of the Recent files from MS Word item will that file be deleted from my computer?
No. History Killer Pro will delete only the information concerning that file, but not the file itself. In future when you open that file again, the information about it will become available as well.
I checked all items in Firefox menu to scan and kill, but there were several URLs remaining in autocomplete menu of the address bar after cleaning.
History Killer Pro protects your bookmarks from being deleted. Firefox is adding bookmarks’ URLs in autocomplete menu after loading.
Note: If there are compromising URLs in the autocomplete menu of Firefox, please remove them from bookmarks.
I scanned my hard drive with History Killer Pro, but "Kill Targets" function doesn't work. Why?
If "Kill Targets" function doesn't work, that means that your software is not registered. Simply register History Killer Pro and use all features of the product.
