iWash

This very basic tool makes it easy to get rid of your Internet Explorer tracks, but it lacks the extensive features found in many full-blown privacy packages. The simple, spartan interface has only three buttons and a rotating ad that shills the developer's other products. iWash simply wipes away Internet Explorer traces such as cookies, temporary files, and typed URLs. Although you can schedule the program to automatically run at selected intervals, it doesn't support alternative browsers or a single third-party application. Unlike many utilities of this ilk, this one can't clean up your Windows' usage history or shred files according to secure standards. We also wish you could choose to keep selected cookies, but unfortunately iWash takes an all-or-nothing approach. Even though it provides no tools or features not already found in Internet Explorer, this free program may be useful to occasional Web surfers only interested in the basics.