browser cache not wiped in one go

[dompirignon]

CCleaner needs at least 3 consecutive runs to completely wipe my browser cache when set to secure file delete. One run leaves about a third still untouched. the seond run reduces the remnant also by only about 2/3. Rinse and repeat. OS: windows 7 32bit. Browser: firefox 3.6.10 and ie 8 ccleaner 2.36.1233. NSA secure deletion Under xp there are no problems.

[dompirignon]

Could someone with W7 pls test this? Analyze first then compare that number to the deletion results. Or just delete and analyze after. On DoD and NSA there's always crap left over.

[Nergal]

I (and many others) use windows 7 and my cache cleans perfectly (note the common belief here, which I also hold, is that anything over 1pass secure is highly useless; it is also a true fact that that many writes that often will shorten the life of your harddrive greatly.)

 

are you looking at the phyiscal files in the cache after cleaning? are you sure the browsers are completly closed? check the Processes tab of taskmanager to see if you see any iexplore.exe or firefox.exe also if you have any desktop gadgets running those also leave internet cache as does outlook and many other programs, so if any of those are open it may be keeping those cache files.

[dompirignon]

Yes, physical files. Confirm, no browser running nor outlook, nor any gadgets, etc. It seems that Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 is the culprit. Ccleaner ran "cleanly" only after Kaspersky was deactivated.

[DennisD]

That's an interesting discovery, and thanks for posting it.

[Guest MrRon]

Can anyone confirm this on W7?