What is index.dat file?
Index.dat files are cache files used by Internet Explorer. When you visit a Web page, Internet Explorer saves the address of the page, time of visiting and even the HTTP request for this page in few different Index.dat files. The cookie names, UserData records sources and much other information is also stored in the Index.dat files. Later this information is not deleted even if you delete History and temporary Internet files folders content. Everyone can see the contents of these files with a binary editor program, which exposes all tracks of your browsing. These files can’t be found with regular file search and even if you find them, you can’t delete them because they are used by Windows all the time. Only specialized program like Mil Shield can delete the contents of these files. If you have Internet Explorer 3.x installed then you have mm256.dat and mm2048.dat files. They are fairly similar to the Index.dat files. If you want to learn more about where are located index.dat files, wh
