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WebcacheV01.dat - A major privacy issue. How to delete?
I would like to open a thread on this major privacy spy folder one more time to see if anyone has, or can create a program to effectively allow users to delete this folder and its contents without harm to the operating system.
Google this folder and you can read about numerous requests to delete this folder and info.
The contents of this folder can not be deleted, cleared, or reduced in size by ANY user accessable buttons or menus built into Windows or IE. Privacy mode does NOT prevent the logging of this information.
In summary, beginning with Internet Explorer 10 and continuing through IE11 and now the new Edge, Microsoft switched from using index.dat files to this data base folder to RETAIN ALL THE WEBSITES YOU VISIT, HOW OFTEN, BY WHAT MEANS, AS WELL AS DATA YOU ENTER INTO FORMS ETC.
There is now a question when using Windows 10 and all Microsoft's telemety/privacy concerns as to whether they have access to this folder/file information.
Google INTERNET EXPLORER FORENSICS and you will find numerous articles on how people who want to obtain all this information from your computer can do so (hackers, government, attorneys, authorities, etc).
Originally Microsoft explained that capturing this information in index.dat files speeded up Internet Explorer. However the index.dat could be deleted if the user desired.
IE 10 was redesigned and computers are much faster so they went to a new ESE database design to retain even more information on users usage - for what purpose?
While there is all this help to obtain your information, there are no programs from anyone or company to help us delete this information!
The database appears to be locked by taskhost.exe and cannot be deleted as it is in constant use by the system.
CCleaner advises they do not clean or delete it and PrivaZer provides only partial cleaning. Several of the forensics sites talk at length about the results of testing these programs.
So why does Microsoft insist on accumulating this data??
Why can't someone or company develop a way to effectively delete this folder/file if the user wants to protect their privacy?