I am new so hopefully this has not been covered already. I have noticed that I am not able to clean the index.dat file with CCleaner. I use Super Winspy 3.21 to check the status of the file and all of the IE URL information does not get cleaned. Is there an option I am missing? Thanks in advance
There is an option in CC to Delete Index.dat files which should be ticked. As Windows is running when CC runs then CC cannot access the index.dat files currently in use, but flags them for deletion at the next pc reboot. Windows will promptly create replacement empty index.dat files. CC's secure deletion will not affect index.dat file deletion as it is the O/S doing the deletion. You can use Recuva to find, and securely wipe, deleted index.dat files.
I'm afraid this has been discussed many times before...........