- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: December 16, 2008
- Total Downloads: 239,735
- Downloads last week: 603
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 65 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on April 23, 2009
Free Internet Window Washer is yet another contender in the browsing-privacy category, but its spotty performance and lack of navigational flow left a lot to be desired.
The user interface is bland in appearance, but simple enough to understand. However, the commands along the left side of the small window aren't in the most logical order. The result is an interface that lacks any kind of flow, making it difficult to know where to go next. Regardless, using the Wash Settings menu, we were able to check off the cleaning options we wanted to include in the wipe process. The program does extend its cleaning functionality to Netscape, Opera, and Firefox in addition to Internet Explorer. It also lets you schedule cleanings using preset increments. But it all proved pointless because while the program successfully emptied our Recycle Bin and cleared any temporary files, it failed to clear our IE browsing history. A tally at the bottom of the interface lets you know the total number of items and space to be washed, but we found it inaccurate when compared with its actual performance.
The program offers a Help menu, but it doesn't make up for the poorly designed user interface and unreliable performance. We recommend you skip this free program for a more functional browsing-privacy tool.
Publisher's description
From Eusing Software :Free Internet Window Washer is an Internet tracks eraser and privacy cleaner software. As you work on your computer and browse the Internet, you leave behind traces of your activity. With a simple click Free Internet Window Washer securely erases your Internet tracks, computer activities and programs history information stored in many hidden files on your computer. It also provides you option to clean the data from your PC more securely so that they could not be recovered. Free Internet Window Washer allows you to erase Window's temp folders, run history, search history, open/save history, recent documents, your browser's cache, cookies, history, visited URLs, typed URLs, autocomplete memory, index.dat files, Google search history, and Yahoo search history.
You can also easily erase the tracks of up to 100 popular applications.
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User reviews of Free Internet Window Washer 2.3.1
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 65 votes
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Version: Free Internet Window Washer 2.3.1
"none clean the registry of history tracks"
Pros: these programs do what they say and work well at doing it
Cons: I have not, as of yet, found a program that cleans the registry of unwanted history tracks. After running several different programs, I still find unwanted files in the registry.
Summary: Can no one come up with a program that will remove all unwanted tracks of web sites you visit?
I have to check my registry every three or four days for these tracks.
Yes. I visit nude sites. When I do, my registry records EVERY web site, ... read more >> -
Version: Free Internet Window Washer 2.3.1
Pros: easy to use with helpful features.
Cons: on start up the overlay page to request a licence key is a nuicance and when you try to remove it the whole page disapears into the system tray.
Sometimes you have to "wash" again to clear all clutter. -
Version: Free Internet Window Washer 2.3.1
Pros: it's super easy to use
Cons: have not found anything I dont like about it
Summary: I am recommending this cleaner to all I know
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Version: Free Internet Window Washer 2.3.1
Pros: Wipes program traces, and internet stuff just fine. Has full functionality.
Cons: User Interface isnt pretty lol, and not very intuitive... you have to dig through each menu a few times to get a feel for where things are. (certainly nothing to complain about considering the price- free) Unsure about the wiping feature.
Summary: All in all seems to be the best I've come across in free cleaner software. Program needs more description of what is being performed in the "wiping" option... details the number of passes but doesnt indicate what algorithm is being used or if it's ... read more >>
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Version: Free Internet Window Washer 2.3.1
"Works as advertised! But, it is NOT free!"
Pros: Works as advertised.
Cons: This is NOT free!
It says it is free, but it pops up a nag screen requesting you to go to their site to purchase a registration key!
This makes the erase on windows start up option to not work! - See all 5 user reviews Write review
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