I have been using 'Internet Window Washer' for over 2 years, it just keeps getting better and better.

It is a FREE internet tracks eraser and privacy cleaner. It is definitely FREEWARE but does install with an overlay nag screen (asking for a small donation). This will quickly disappear, however with a simple click on the 'skip' button at the bottom of the screen to reveal FIWW's simple and easy to use interface.

 

FIWW can be downloaded from Eusing's home page or from most popular freeware sites (e.g. cnet download.com).

The execute file is only 887k.b. and it supports Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista.

It is a very easy, trouble free install and comes with it's own uninstaller and help files.

The interface is completely self explanatory and very easy to use. Just click on 'wash settings', select the files you wish to clean and then click 'wash now'.

It has settings for the popular browsers (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera and Firefox) and for I.M. software as well as a long list of supported subsidiary titles. You can even add a specific title using the 'custom item' option.

Under the 'options' tag you can choose to overwrite the cleaned files between one and ten times and set the scheduler for auto cleaning. It also has a simple start-up manager (under 'tools').

A word of warning! - be careful what files you select for cleaning. e.g. in the Outlook Express section are options for cleaning your folders, including the in-box. This program really works, if you keep wanted emails in Outlook Express folders do not clean them or they will be lost forever!

This is a terrific piece of software and comparisons will obviously be made with the very good free 'CCleaner'. My opinion, for what it is worth, is that FIWW is at least as good as CCleaner and for Netscape and/or Opera users an absolute must have.

 

FOOTNOTE: I have read a couple of user reviews recently, bemoaning the use of a so called nag screen in freeware. One fellow even suggested that it wasn't freeware at all but should be labeled 'nagware'. I found that attitude very difficult to comprehend. Free software costs a lot of money to produce and maintain, if we want to continue reaping the benefits of freeware titles we should be supporting the publishers and their software not bagging them!