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AOL Options

AOL Browser URL’s List from Address Bar
AOL's browser keeps track of all URLS that you type into your
browser. This is not the same as Auto-Complete URLS, you must
click on the down arrow in your browsers location field to view
these URLS. Use this option to erase this data.
Erase Visited URL History Files
Windows keeps records of the history of files opened by users
in the Browser which can be displayed when the click history button
in the browser is pressed. To erase this history, check this option.
This option will delete all the history except today's history.
Temporary Internet Files
Your browser stores copies of all the pages you visit when you
are surfing on the internet. These file can take up a lot of space.
Use this option to erase this data.
Auto complete Form and Password
Windows keeps track of all the data you type while you are surfing
on the internet for better user convenience. When you are viewing
a website with a form on it, if you try to enter data into the
fields, Windows will try to "guess" what data you want
to enter. Windows even saves the password and user login on some
sites so that the next time there is no need for the user to enter
the password to log into that sites. This option will delete all
the data related to forms and also delete all the passwords entered
by the user.
Erase index.dat Files
Index.dat is a file, which stores user information like history
and other things. This file is created at the time of logon in
Windows. This option will delete all the index.dat files present
in Windows profiles.
AOL Cookies
Cookies are basically data that web sites leave in your system
to identify you at the time of your next visit or for next page
request. Over a few hours of surfing you will see that many cookies
have been deposited in your browser. If you visit certain sites,
which you trust, and you want to keep cookies from those sites
only, use the Add button to add them to the Cookie Keep List.
This option will keep just the cookies you want, and eliminate
the rest. This feature makes it much easier to manage new cookies
while ignoring the ones you have already chosen to keep list.
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