dopefish21
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Originally posted by: dopefish21
and what if they do a search for images ?
they'll find everything...
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Here ya go:
1) Create another administrator-level account.
2) Set the file permissions on the folders to be hidden so that ONLY that administrator account can access them.
3) And the usual, set their attribute to "hidden"
Now granted, your usual account won't have access to them, but since you are an administrator, you can still change the permissions to view them. This little trick prevents a standard file search from browsing through those folders and returning "odd" results.
Now, as for actually totally concealing the folders from view...well, some folder hiding utility like was linked, perhaps. I know it's possible to do through registry entries - a variant of an evil piece of spyware, CoolWebSearch, employs hidden registry entries that instruct Windows Explorer to hide the files responsible for spawning new CWS files. So I'm sure it can be done - the source code for CWS just isn't freely available online though.
Originally posted by: BW86
make a hidden folder with a password protected .rar inside.
make sure you encrypt the file names.
attrib pron +h to hide it
attrib pron -h to unhide it
Originally posted by: klah
Keep your 'files' on a usb flash drive.
this works until the files get fragmented, then they show up as being fragmented files in the report when you analyze the disk, from either account.
Originally posted by: AMCRambler
Stick it in a directory that looks pretty ambiguous, rename the files to gibberish with a strange extension or no extension at all. If they get clicked they won't open. They'd have to drag and drop the file into the player or editor or browse to it from the program to actually open it, not gonna happen. Worked for me. Of course my dad was dumb and always left whatever he was looking at in the my documents list, lol. I lost count the number of times my mom clicked something in there and started screaming for me to delete his crap!
Originally posted by: BladeVenom
Use file encryption software. Try something like TrueCrypt and create an encrypted partition.
Originally posted by: BladeVenom
You encrypt the whole drive, or partition and Windows will think it's unformatted.
Using a second hard drive, he could just unplug it when he's not using it, so unless someone looks inside his PC case they won't even know it's there. Or use an external hard drive.
Originally posted by: necine
LOL
Man, what I did was just went into some Windows or Program Directory. I made a shitload of folders. A...B...C and then each of the folders had a subfolder, and each of those folders had a subfolder. I'd make it spell something, for kicks. Anyways, all of the folders were hidden as well and no one ever found my stash.
Originally posted by: Malak
Delete your windows folder, that resets your file/folder settings and gives you a right-click option to hide any file!
The less painful route of course is to stop looking at things you shouldn't be looking at.