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Privacy Guardian

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Privacy Guardian is a safe and easy way to clean activity and history traces and securely delete online Internet tracks stored in your browser and in hidden files. To protect your privacy and improve your system's performance, Privacy Guardian can delete cookies, clean index.dat files, clean the cache, erase the recent documents history, clear the recent documents list, remove temporary files, free hard drive space, kill typed URLs, wipe autocomplete-form data, empty file and temp folders, bleach empty hard-drive space and products such as Kazaa, iMesh, or ICQ. Privacy Guardian uses an advanced eraser to ensure all traces of your Internet and computer activities are permanently deleted and unrecoverable on your PC. Web browsers only provide partial privacy protection by allowing some temporary Internet files and cookies to be deleted, but they do not wash data out of all the hidden files, nor do they delete the data securely. Privacy Guardian is free of spyware and adware.

Version 4.1.0.37 improves support for third-party software.

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All User Reviews
  • All versions:

    3.4 stars

    out of 100 votes

    • 5 star: 43
    • 4 star: 18
    • 3 star: 8
    • 2 star: 2
    • 1 star: 29
  • Current version:

    2.9 stars

    out of 42 votes

    • 5 star: 8
    • 4 star: 13
    • 3 star: 4
    • 2 star: 1
    • 1 star: 16
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  • 1.0 stars

    "Total P.O.S. - glad I didn't buy it. Version 4.5"

    April 24, 2011  |   By no-spamrz

    Version: Privacy Guardian 4.1.0.37

    Pros

    None. Zero. Wasted an hour of my time.

    Cons

    I ran & "cleaned" with Privacy Guardian.
    Rebooted.
    Ran CCleaner, Adv. Sys. Care & Privacy Mantra again. Got the same exact results as before Privacy Guardian.
    NOT ONE %#&@! thing had been deleted, except Firefox's Add-ons and bookmarks.

    Summary

    Either the people who gave this mess a positive review are noobs, or they're getting PAID to write good reviews.

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  • 5.0 stars

    "Finds more junk than Ccleaner!!!!!!!"

    November 19, 2010  |   By colinh25

    Version: Privacy Guardian 4.1.0.37

    Pros

    very good product, it finds more junk on your hard-drive than Ccleaner!!!!!

    Cons

    none!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Summary

    it's a very good tool to have on your computer, it found more hidden junk files on my hard drive than Ccleaner,

    trust me, Ccleaner missed a lot!!!!!

    Updated on Nov 19, 2010

    i feel much more safe with this product, Ccleaner leaves way to many junk files behind.. PG also has a disk bleacher and a file shredder :D

    Updated on Nov 19, 2010

    this program is very fast at cleaning, you can refresh your computer instead of restarting it, it's easy and simple to use.

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  • 5.0 stars

    "Keeps my kids info private!"

    August 19, 2010  |   By johnboy4202

    Version: Privacy Guardian 4.1.0.37

    Pros

    I install this on my kids' computers to help keep their info safe, works pretty well!

    Cons

    None so far

    Summary

    Good privacy software pack - easy to install.

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  • 5.0 stars

    "Works great!"

    August 12, 2010  |   By Will__Smith

    Version: Privacy Guardian 4.1.0.37

    Pros

    Runs fast, which is really important to me!

    Cons

    Took a long time to download, but maybe that's CNET? haha

    Summary

    Good program! I'd recommend it :)

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  • 1.0 stars

    "This product screwed up my browsers pretty bad."

    May 27, 2010  |   By kakarasa82

    Version: Privacy Guardian 4.1.0.37

    Pros

    It seemed to remove all "errors" except for 3 with the demo.

    Cons

    It totally screwed up everything on my browsers from the simple yahoo homepage to everything that required flash or any plugin, app, or otherwise (even the ones I WANT to work). I had to spend hours getting things back to where they were.

    Summary

    If you download this it may work for you, but I'd bet it will also really make you angry and wish you hadn't. :(

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  • 1.0 stars

    "A load of trouble"

    March 17, 2010  |   By kusmo

    Version: Privacy Guardian 4.1.0.37

    Pros

    Nothing to like. Would not work.

    Cons

    I'm using XP. When I installed the program, it would not update the list. It also prevented me from browsing the internet. Spent over an hour trying to right the problems.

    Summary

    I restarted the computer but the problems were still there. I tried to remove the program, by first disabling, but to no avail. Restarted the computer and then was able to uninstall via the uninstall file in the peerguardian folder. Could not reconnect to the internet until I reset my modem. Some files are still left in the peerguardian folder after the uninstall.

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  • 4.0 stars

    "Not bad, not bad."

    January 1, 2010  |   By SecurityRater

    Version: Privacy Guardian 4.1.0.37

    Pros

    It clears out tracks pretty quickly. I have liked it not so badly. Features are pretty good, too.

    Cons

    Pretty expensive for such a program.

    Summary

    It's not so bad, after all, PC Tools has enabled about 75% of its features.

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  • 5.0 stars

    "20% DISCOUNT COUPON found today"

    November 14, 2009  |   By AangelinaAlaverdino

    Version: Privacy Guardian 4.1.0.37

    Pros

    Stunning software! Very effective tracks eraser! Recommend it with 20% discount found here:
    http://www.*********.net/privacy_guardian.shtml

    Cons

    Nothing bad to say... Maybe it's not too fast, because the interface is complex...

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  • 1.0 stars

    "Better ones out there"

    May 27, 2009  |   By dvdburner7674

    Version: Privacy Guardian 4.1.0.37

    Pros

    There are NONE that I could think of.

    Cons

    This program tends to miss alot, there is all kinds of stuff left on my computer. It cannot be trusted. It also wants to restart or refresh the app everytime which is pretty annoying. I do NOT recommend this product at all.

    Summary

    There are alot better ones out there than this mess, Check around first. I would recommend Privacy Eraser Pro, or East -Tec Eraser.

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  • 1.0 stars

    "More JUNK from PC Tools!"

    November 21, 2008  |   By madmux

    Version: Privacy Guardian 4.1.0.37

    Pros

    The only thing I liked about it was all the claims it made, too bad none of them were true!

    Cons

    Constantly asked to restart the computer, removing only part of the temp files and telling me in order to remove the rest I'd have to register.

    Summary

    What functionality? IT DON'T WORK!! It should be removed and put in the closet with all the other crap that don't work!

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