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1. PG is really wonderful and powerful tool. I love it more and more, every day passing by. I have tried different cleaners but PG is definitely #1.Jessica S., USA.

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Overview

PrivacyGuard Pro is software that protects your privacy by cleaning up all evidence and removing compromising content from your system. It is a powerful tool to get rid of violations of various types, these are: Windows violations (98, NT, Me, W2K, XP, Vista), internet browser violations (IE, Opera, Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird), instant messenger violations (ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, Skype, QIP), application violations (MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), and temporary files violations.

PG is a highly customizable tool: it allows to adjust cleanup settings to your needs, and specify custom files and folders to remove. PG is a tool with features like scheduling, auto updates, autodetection of components to scan, automatic notifications to cleanup your system, etc.

With PG, you can perform full system cleanup, custom cleanup for a specific cleanup area, or even use a cleanup wizard that guides you through the cleanup process. PG collects the history of scan and cleanup operations, which helps you monitor your activity.

Welcome to PrivacyGuard Pro - a reliable solution to protect your privacy!

Getting Started

To start using PG you need to install the software. On completion, you will see a PrivacyGuard Pro 2.0 shortcut on your desktop, and PrivacyGuard Pro 2.0 section in your start menu. You launch PG by using these shortcuts or starting the application from your installation directory.

PG home window shows you buttons to perform full system cleanup and custom cleanups, and links to different application areas. In the upper right edge of the window you can see links which allow you to register or update the application, and get help. Until you bought the software you see the Buy Now link.

Performing Full System Cleanup

After you launched PrivacyGuard Pro, you might want to perform a full system cleanup. You can do that in one of the following ways:

• By clicking "FULL SYSTEM CLEANUP" button
• By using PrivacyGuard Pro Wizard which step-by-step guides you through full cleanup process
• By scheduling PrivacyGuard Pro (see Settings section)

Full system cleanup starts with system scanning. When scan process is finished, you will see a scan results screen. On that screen there is a Repair Now link. By clicking on this link all violations found will be removed. Also, you will see a list with check boxes on scan results screen. All checked items will be cleaned up.

Note, to scan your system, the cleanup settings are used. In the settings you can switch off some features - e.g. if you switch off Internet Explorer History, Internet Explorer history won't be removed.

Performing Custom Cleanup

Custom scan allows you to quickly scan some specific cleanup area. These areas are:

• Windows: violations related to Windows system
• Browsers: evidence captured by different browsers
• Messengers: evidence stored within your instant messengers
• Applications: most recently used file lists and temp data
• Temporary Files: evidence stored in temp files on your computer
• Custom Files: evidence located in the specified files and folders

To perform custom cleanup you need to press appropriate button on Home screen. Custom cleanup starts from custom scanning. When scan process is finished, you will see a scan results screen. On that screen there is a Repair Now link. By clicking on this link all violations found will be removed. Also, you will see a list with check boxes on scan results screen. All checked items will be cleaned up.

Using PrivacyGuard Pro Wizard

PrivacyGuard Pro Wizard guides you through all steps needed to clean up evidence from your system. On completion,

• All violations will be detected and removed
• The evidence you are not able to get rid of will be cleaned
• Compromising content will be detected and deleted
• Your privacy will be protected and your safety will be guaranteed

To start PrivacyGuard Pro Wizard you need to choose "Wizard" from the left sidebar menu. To see the effect, just follow wizard prompts.

Working with scan and cleanup results

After you performed scan or cleanup operation you see the results page. Results page contains 2 sections: cleanup tree and details. You navigate in the tree by simply expanding and collapsing nodes. For active tree node there is detailed information on details pane under the tree.

Cleanup and scan results can be saved in the following formats:

• Rich Text Format - to see a highlighted report in MS Word or WordPad
• Comma-Separated Values - to see a detailed report in MS Excel.

This MS Word and MS Excel exporting provides a user with powerful reporting mechanism.

Managing Cleanup Settings

PG is highly flexible software that allows you to customize cleanup settings. You do this by clicking Settings link on the main window. Cleanup settings are organized by sections, groups, and items. To cleanup appropriate items, you need to set a check box on the corresponding settings page.

Section	Group	Item
Windows	General	Clipboard
		RecycleBin
		Temp Folder
		Recent Documents
		Run History
		Search History
Browsers	Internet Explorer	Cache
		History
		Cookies
		Typed URLs
		Cookies Index
		Cache Index
		History Index
	Opera	Cache
		Download History
		Cookies
		Typed URLs
		Sessions
		Images
		History
		Visited Sites
	Mozilla	Cache
		History
		Cookies
		Typed URLs
		Logins
		Auto Complete
		Download History
	Firefox	Cache
		History
		Cookies
		Typed URLs
		Logins
		Auto Complete
		Download History
	Thunderbird	Cache
		History
		Cookies
		Typed URLs
		Logins
		Auto Complete
		Download History
Messengers	ICQ	Chat History
	MSN	History
	QIP	History
		Received Files
	Yahoo	History
		Downloaded Items
	Skype	Call History
		Chat History
Applications	General	MS Word
		MS Excel
		MS Access
		MS PowerPoint
Temporary Files	General	Temporary Files
		Backup Files
		Help Files
		Search Files
		Office Files
		Windows Prefetch Content
Custom Files	General	Custom Files
		Custom Folders

When working with messengers and browsers you might need to specify a profile information. Therefore there are appropriate drop down lists on some settings pages. PG automatically detects installed software and the profiles you use.

In most cases it is not convenient to launch PG and manually cleanup violations. To schedule PG, you should use schedule settings. After you enabled Auto Cleanup option, you need to specify frequency and your password. Cleanup process will be started automatically according to these settings.

As software always evolves, we provide you with auto-updates feature. You can schedule PG to check for updates automatically. This is important as you might upgrade your browser to a higher version, or install new instant messeger.

Working with History

Whenever you perform a scan or cleanup operation PG stores the operation results. To access this history data, you need to click History link on a side menu. History allows you to monitor your activity during some period. This statistical data can be useful for analyzing the changes of violations of your system. A history data item contains time stamp, number of found violations, and number of cleaned violations.

To clean the PG history, you need to click Clean History link.

How to Register PrivacyGuard Pro

To register PG you should click Register link in the upper menu. A window with text boxes for name and key will appear. You should enter name and key exactly as PG team provided to you. To obtain a name-key pair you need to purchase PG.

Note, PG software requires on line registration. I.e. make sure you are connected to the Internet before you apply a license.

PG respects the previous registration of the software. If you have registered PG once, and then trying to apply the license again, you will be prompted that a license already exists.

Updates

Any software evolves, so does PG. Because new products appear, and manufacturers of the existing software release new versions, one day you might want to update PG. the work on PG never stops: PG team always keeps track on the existing software.

There are 2 ways for you to update PG:

• you might schedule this process to take place automatically
• you can always click Update link in the upper menu to check for updates right away.

Update process works as follows: first it checks if the installed version of PG is up-to-date. If it does, it prompts a user and finishes. If it doesnt, PG updater shows a dialog with 2 links allowing to update right now or to see how much it will cost the user.

Where to Get More Info

Navigate to PrivacyGurd home to see why it is important to protect your privacy.

Check FAQ section of our site.

Contact our support for any questions.