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Me again,

I was also wondering about index.dat files. I've read very little
about them but all I've heard is that they are spy files and Micro$oft
won't devulge too much information as to why they exist. Can I safely
add all of these "index.dat" files safely to a shutdown cleaner
without any problems?

I'm no conspiracy nut or anything but you've got to wonder why your
computer in your bedroom is spying on you!

Thanks again,

Edmonton_Guy
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wrote:
> Me again,
>
> I was also wondering about index.dat files. I've read very little
> about them but all I've heard is that they are spy files and Micro$oft
> won't devulge too much information as to why they exist. Can I safely
> add all of these "index.dat" files safely to a shutdown cleaner
> without any problems?
>
> I'm no conspiracy nut or anything but you've got to wonder why your
> computer in your bedroom is spying on you!

I don't know what MS's explanation is for DAT files, but if you stop and
think for a minute, why would any company want to spy on 1,200,000,000
individual people? There's no way to put all that data together to make
sense to anybody but the Gestapo. So what if John Doe visited the Home
Shopping Network site in April of 2003? I sometimes run CCleaner, which
in it's normal course of duties automatically nukes this type of file.
Ain't no thang.

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 06:28:13 GMT, Edmonton_Guy () wrote:

>Me again,
>
>I was also wondering about index.dat files. I've read very little
>about them but all I've heard is that they are spy files and Micro$oft
>won't devulge too much information as to why they exist. Can I safely
>add all of these "index.dat" files safely to a shutdown cleaner
>without any problems?
>
>I'm no conspiracy nut or anything but you've got to wonder why your
>computer in your bedroom is spying on you!
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Edmonton_Guy
>-- Posted with NewsLeecher v3.0 Beta 6
>-- http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet

Yes.

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 03:50:46 -0400 As Androids Dreamed Of Electric
Sheep and then Unk <> wrote :

>On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 06:28:13 GMT, Edmonton_Guy () wrote:
>
>>Me again,
>>
>>I was also wondering about index.dat files. I've read very little
>>about them but all I've heard is that they are spy files and Micro$oft
>>won't devulge too much information as to why they exist. Can I safely
>>add all of these "index.dat" files safely to a shutdown cleaner
>>without any problems?
>>
>>I'm no conspiracy nut or anything but you've got to wonder why your
>>computer in your bedroom is spying on you!
>>
>>Thanks again,
>>
>>Edmonton_Guy
>>-- Posted with NewsLeecher v3.0 Beta 6
>>-- http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet
>
>Yes.

Ditto.

Index files should be deleted on a regularly basis as they will be
re-created anyway fresh and clean by the system



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