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Firefox history - how is it deleted?
I've got my Firefox browser set to save browsing history for 90 days, being the main IT person for the house, so I can see if anyone goes to sites known for spam, phishing, viruses, etc. (they're either too lazy or ignorant. Yet one of them keeps coming up with only "today's" history, despite repeated denials that they deleted it!
Is there any other way it could be deleted unless by them or am I being lied to? This is really agitating! I don't want to think my family would lie...but if they are, I don't want them to infect my computer with something nasty, whether by stupidity or laziness!
AND...what other measures can I take (short of booting them OFF the computer, which may happen) to keep their History visible?
T.A.: I think you're right. I have the History set to save for 90 days. There IS a window asking whether to delete browsing history, cookies, and such, but someone would have to click "Yes", and I never do that with this person's account. Looks like it's time for a password only I know! GRRR!
btw: I'm not trying to "pry", but this person has a LONG history of visiting risky sites and having no clue how to tell he's on one unless WOT or NoScript flashes a giant warning screen, which doesn't always happen. Oddly, my son readily agreed to have me run his history by McAffee and WOT to make sure they're as safe as...well...as anything can be these days.
LOL! CCleaner. Like he's actually going to run that! My kid does, but not this guy. "Spying"? No. I'm trying to prevent my newish computer from crashing...AGAIN! I don't give a damn what sites people visit, as long as they're SAFE.
This person wouldn't be computer-savvy enough to use private browsing. And yes, I know there's no such thing as a totally "safe" site, but safER would be nice!
This person would probably ignore any warnings by NoScript, WOT or anything else, in order to view sites he wants. Looks like banning is the only option.
For the record, reviewing history can be quite helpful in eliminating really nasty sites, using NoScript's option of 4 different sites and their review. My kid followed this and got rid of some dangerous sites, which precautions he's now still using on his new laptop.
5 Answers
- Charley HorseLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
There is no such thing as a safe site. Some are safe than others.
That is why you are using NoScript. That will prevent driveby installs of
malware. Criminals that use malware are now buying ads from what
were once legitimate ad placement companies to put their malware on millions of sites.
Checking history is a waste of time. If someone is downloading free movies,
music and other hacked/ cracked or illegal stuff on your personal computer
then you should ban them. That is not only illegal but high risk for some of the
worse malware.
If your only concern is to prevent malware then you should invest in a program
such as Sand Boxie. The free version won't be enough.
Source(s): experience - Anonymous1 decade ago
They might be switching to private browsing. When in private browsing it does not record any history. I don't think you can hide this setting.
What do you mean "one of them"? A person, or a separate account on the computer?
If it is a separate account then take a look at all the settings, if its a person then I believe they must be deleting it.
If you go to tools in the menu bar then clear recent history it brings up a box which you can set these options.
I would recommend McAfee site advisor, but you have to pay for it. http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/windows.html
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Check if Firefox is clearing history every time it's closed. That might be the problem. It's very doubtful that there's a problem with Firefox itself. I think they're just lying and want some privacy.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
i'm a grasp of deleting. flow to techniques- click on clean inner maximum information. a clean inner maximum information window will open. There you will see checked packing bins beside surfing historical past, acquire historical past, stored style and seek historical past, Cache... Then, on the backside, there's a clean inner maximum information Now field. click on that and all your issues will flow away, fairly pornographic websites.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
i can not understand your problem.
all you are doing is spying.
download install then make sure everybody runs ccleaner after every internet session.
CCleaner > http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner
if you want to stop them from going to crap sites then download and install K9.
personally i think you are just a creep that likes spying on people.
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