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Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape is a very useful program for cleaning up your tracks that you leave behind when using Netscape. When using Netscape, many people do not realize that it stores information about what they have done, what websites they have visited, and it even allows web sites that they visit to store "cookies" (files that contain can personal information about them). This causes two problems. The first is that, if they know where to look, anyone else can see what you have been doing on the Internet with Netscape, this raises many privacy concerns. The second is that much of your Netscape activity information takes up valuable disk space, recovering this space can be very beneficial.

Cleaning up the history of your activities from Netscape can be a tedious chore of manually going through each place a history file or entry is stored and removing it. If privacy and disk space are to be maintained, cleaning these tracks must be done every time you are finished using Netscape. Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape automates this process for you! It will automatically run in the background and clean up your tracks, when you want, and which ones you want. You can have it automatically clean when Windows is started or shutdown and you can also schedule timed cleanings.

The shareware version will expire 30 days after the installation. Please read the next section on how to register.

After installing Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape, every time Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape is run there will be a little squeegee icon next to your clock on the Windows Taskbar. If you click once on the squeegee icon a menu will appear. Select "WASH NOW" from the menu to wash all your items. Select "SETTINGS" from the menu to configure your wash items and other features of Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape. Select "QUIT" to close the Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape program.

Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape costs $14.95.

There are a few ways you can register:

Register by secure online Web Page visit:

For phone orders the Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape product # is: 4776

Register by calling Toll-Free (within the US): 1 888 734-4880

Or outside of the US: 1 (770) 497-9126

Register by Check or Money order - Mail to:

Webroot Software Inc.

P.O. Box 3531

Boulder, CO 80307

Checking this box will cause Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape to automatically clean up your selected items every time Microsoft Windows is shutdown.

After checking this box the pull down menu to the left of it will become active. Using the pull down menu you can select the time interval that you would like Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape to clean your items. Time intervals range from every 15 minutes to once a month. Once you have selected a time, Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape will clean your items automatically when the time is reached.

This option instructs Washer to "shred" the files it washes by overwriting the file a set number of times with random characters. This will render the files unrecoverable by utilities such as undelete and unerase. The default setting for bleach will overwrite a file 2 times, which is usually enough. The higher the number of overwrites the longer the wash cycle will take. Overwriting a file 3 times respects the DOD 5220.22-M directive for sanitizing a file on a Non-Removable Rigid Disk or a Removable Rigid Disk and overwriting a file 7 times respects the NSA approved seven-pass file erasure method. You can set the number of times to overwrite a file by clicking on the INFO button next to the BLEACH WASH ITEMS checkbox.

You can use the Windows System Agent: Task Scheduler to automated cleanings for Cache & Cookie Washer. To do this add the full path to the "autowash.exe" program to the Task Scheduler. For example: "c:\program files\washer-ns\autowash.exe" would be a valid path for an automated wash from within the Task Scheduler. Also entering: "c:\program files\washer-ns\autowash.exe" at the DOS prompt or from within a batch file would also be valid. The "autowash.exe" file instructs washer to wash all selected items and then close after washing has completed.

What is the "cache"? The cache directory contains web pages that you have visited in the past. Netscape uses the caches files to access web pages that you visit frequently instead of redownloading the page from the Internet every time you access it.

This option will clean out the currently logged in user’s Netscape cookies file. The cookies file contains "cookie" entries. You can click on the COOKIES TO KEEP button to select cookies to exclude from being "washed". This is helpful if you visit web sites that store useful cookies that you want to keep.

What are "cookies"? - Entires that a web page will sometimes create to keep track of what activities you have been doing on that page and/or to keep personal information such as your login id and password for the page.

This option will clean out the currently logged in user's Netscape history.

What is the History file? - The history file is a file that contains all the web sites that have been visited with Netscape. One of the things the history file does is it is used so that links that have been clicked on appear a different color than links that have never been followed.

This option will clean out the currently logged in user's Netscape Location Bar.

What is the "location bar"? - The location bar is the area where you type in the web site address you want to visit from within Netscape. If you click on the down arrow at the right of the address bar

This option will clean out the Netscape's deleted mail folder.

Why use this feature? - The Netscape trash email folder continues to store deleted mail, even after you have removed it from the trash email folder! When you delete an email from the trash email folder, all Netscape does it remove the "pointer" to the email, so that it does not appear in the folder. If you open the trash email folder in a standard text editor you will still see all your old mail including mail you have removed from the trash folder! This feature will remove all the old mail permanently.

Click on the WASH NOW button at the bottom left of the main window. You will see the status window as Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape cleans through your selected items.

Note: You will not see the status window while Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape is washing during a timed washed or during a Windows startup wash.

Webroot Software licenses the accompanying software to you only upon the condition that you accept all of the terms contained in this license agreement. Please read the terms carefully before continuing installation, as pressing the "agree" button will indicate your assent to them. If you do not agree to these terms, please press the "cancel" button to exit the install as Webroot Software is unwilling to license the software to you, in which event you should delete this product from your computer.

LICENSE AND WARRANTY:

The software which accompanies this license ('Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape') is the property of Webroot Software or its licensers and is protected by copyright law. While Webroot Software continues to own the Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape software, you will have certain rights to use Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape after your acceptance of this license. Your rights and obligations with respect to the use Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape are as follows:

IF YOU AGREE TO THE CACHE AND COOKIE WASHER FOR Netscape DISCLAIMER AND LICENSE YOU MAY:

(i) use Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape on as many computers as you wish at no charge for up to but no more than 30 days. After 30 days of use you must either discontinue the use of Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape or purchase a registered version for each computer that you are going to use Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape on.

YOU MAY NOT:

(i) sublicense, rent, sell, or lease any portion Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape;

(ii) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify, translate, make any attempt to discover the source code of Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape, or create derivative works from Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape; or

(ii) continue use of Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape after your 30 day trial.

DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES:

Webroot Software has made every effort possible to ensure that Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape is free of any bugs or errors, however in no way is this software to be considered error or bug free. By using Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape you assume all responsibility for any damages or lost data that may result from any errors or bugs in Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape. Regardless of whether any remedy set forth herein fails of its essential purpose, in no event will Webroot Software be liable to you for any special, consequential, indirect or similar damages, including any lost profits or lost data arising out of the use or inability to use Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape, even if Webroot Software has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. In no case shall Webroot Software's liability exceed the purchase price for the software. The disclaimers and limitations set forth above will apply regardless of whether you accept to use Cache and Cookie Washer for Netscape.

GENERAL:

This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of Colorado. This Agreement may only be modified by a license addendum which accompanies this license or by a written document which has been signed by both you and Webroot Software. Should you have any questions concerning this Agreement, or if you desire to contact Webroot Software for any reason, please write:

Webroot Software Inc.

P.O. Box 3531

Boulder, CO 80307