Browser History

[Sakuya]

I use Internet Explorer and recently, my browser has been saving addresses I've been to in my address bar. I mean, after I deleted temporary internet files, cleared history, set history to 0 days, even deleted cookies, it's still there!

Most of them are from forums I frequent and they're usually links to threads. But even after I cleared the browser's history, whenever I type in the forum's URL, all these other URLs from that forum pop up in the address bar.

[CrayonEater]

There are lots tools to do that, like Panicware's Sureclean. Or try EditURL. Better yet, do yourself a favor and discontinue using IE for normal web browsing. Not only will you avoid all this, but you will be vastly more secure.

[Bjs]

Go into window's explorer
Go to tools
Folder options
View
Hidden files and folders
Choose ... Show hidden file's and folders
Click ok

Go to "C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Local Settings" ... the account you normally log into to use pc .
Dell all in "Temporary Internet Files"
Dell all in "Temp" ... there will be one or more file's that cannot be removed ... leave these
Dell all in "History"

Go back up to "Cookies"
Dell all except those related to "videohelp" , "ebay" , and any other site that use's cookies to store password's ... site's you login into .

Close windows explorer

In IE , set all setting's to
History to 0
Privacy to medium

Under security , restricted site's ... add any recent site's that caused issue's with ie ... ie , browser locked up ...

Apply , then ok

When visiting site's , pay attention to the browser bar at bottom of ie ... if "cab" seen ... close ie immediately ... most contain trouble ... trojan's .

[Sakuya]

Thanks, I did everything you told me to do and restarted IE. However, the forum addresses are still in the Address Bar.

As for the Privacy settings, under Advanced, should I check "Override cookie handling?" And in Security, Restricted Sites, it's currently set to Custom Level. I don't have any sites that cause block up so I didn't block anything.

If it has to do with anything, I always have EZ Firewall on. It has settings where you can block cookies from tracking sites, block ads, as well as a cookie control list where you can add whatever site you want to allow cookies. What exactly are Session Cookies, Persistent Cookies, 3rd Party Cookies, Web Bugs, and Private Header. Those are the things that you can choose to block or allow from a site.