autocomplete in spite of clear all

[Guest]

When autocomplete is on, then after "!clear history" and "clear cache" no former urls will be shown
However, there is exactly one (adult) site still coming up in the address field when I start to enter a letter matching its prefix.

 

[DVarnau]

Peter,
This is coming from the index.dat file in the History folder.
Free History Eraser from
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm will delete the
History folder (and the index.dat file) and a new one will be created when
you restart.
Or the History folder can be deleted manually:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Additional advice:
Check for other adware, spyware, parasites.
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm and note the
"Recommended Minimal Security Settings" paragraph.

Hope this helps,
Don
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When autocomplete is on, then after "!clear history" and "clear cache" no former urls will be shown.
However, there is exactly one (adult) site still coming up in the address

field when I start to enter a letter matching its prefix.

 

[Guest]

This is coming from the index.dat file in the History folder
Free History Eraser fro
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm will delete th
History folder (and the index.dat file) and a new one will be created whe
you restart

OK. So that means, I can not completely remove the history for autocomplet
by way of Internet Explorer

-- Pete

 

[DVarnau]

There's good information about this at:
http://www.purgeie.com/errcache.htm
http://www.purgeie.com/lockhist.htm
http://www.purgeie.com/indexdat.htm

Usually, clearing the History will clear URLs. If there is a problem with
the index.dat files, URLs can reappear.

I advised that you check for parasites, etc because a program could be
recreating this URL.

Regards,
Don