Cotgrave Computers Toolbar Cotgrave Computers Toolbar

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Overview
Often toolbars are made around a search feature. This is used to make money from your search results on a pay per click basis. We have never and will never have a search feature on our toolbar, our toolbar is to help your internet experience and not to make money from your surfing.

1 = Clear Cache (Junk Browser Files)
Clears cached files stored in a hidden folder, when you view any web page every image or scripts and any other files needed to make that page are downloaded to your pc's hard drive, over time this can build up to hundreds of thousands of files slowing down your pc, clearing your cache deletes these files but does not clear cookies

2 = Clear Old Temporary Install Files
Installing programs etc often leaves install files in a temp folder on your pc, this also can build up to take up your hard drive space, corrupt downloads here can cause problems when re'downloading to fix a program. Viruses and Malware often sit here.
NOTE
When you clear the Temporary Install Files you must close the browser for it to finish cleaning, If you click a link that opens a url in a new window the toolbar will show as corrupt and say "Toolbar is corrupt, Click here to uninstall" this is because the temp folder where the images for the toolbar are stored is emptied so there are no images that make up the toolbar, the next time you open your browser fresh images will be put back so you can view the toolbar again.

3 = Clear Your Internet Explorer History (Visited Sites)
To the left of Internet Explorer there is a star, this will shows you visited sites on a daily basis, you can clear this list of visited sites so no one else can view sites you have visited

4 = Clear Address Bar (Visited URL's)
Clears the drop down url/web site history list of sites visited.

5 = Clear Cookies (Logging And Stored Web Page Logins)
Cookies can be good and bad, they are for a websites log of when you visit, giving the date and time so they can see how often you visit usually simply for statistics by companies, also these are used to store logins to sites such as forums or emails. some bad programs or sites can add cookies to give out all your surfing habits which they sell to advertising companies.
NOTE
Clearing these can help clean your pc however you will have to re supply details to sites you have login saved such as passwords which will then give you another cookie.

Windows Update: (See If Your System Is Up To Date)
Keep your computer up to date. Check to see if you need updates for Windows, your programs, your hardware or your devices.
Concerned about privacy? When you check for updates, basic information about your computer, not you, is used to determine which updates your programs need. To learn more, see Microsoft's privacy statement Here.

Updating The Toolbar
Clicking the Privacy And Protection tab will enable you to check to see if you have latest version of the toolbar by selecting Toolbar Update:, clicking this will check with our server to see if there are any newer versions available for your version, if there are the new version it will be shown and you have the option to download and install or cancel.

Removing/Uninstalling The Toolbar
To remove the toolbar from Internet Explorer go to your Control Panel / Add Remove Programs / Look for Cotgrave Computers Protection Toolbar and click Change/Remove to completely uninstall the toolbar.