Ease of Use:  

As mentioned ParetoLogic Privacy Controls is amazingly easy to use, we had no problems running all kids of scans and removing items without having to consult the help section. Most options are explained in a straightforward manner and they include familiar icons to make option choices even easier to figure out.

Ease of Installation/Setup:  

This privacy software installed very quickly and we had our first scan scheduled within minutes. We were actually surprised at how easy it was to get this program up and running and the default settings made it easy to start up with pretty complete scans right away.

Privacy Effectiveness:  

From our tests this program appeared to find all of our internet activities and so on. However, it lists that it can work with FireFox 1.5 and 2, but FireFox is up to version 3.0.5 now and it lists Outlook but not Vista Mail, so we are not sure how well this program can scan and protect privacy in these programs. We tested this software on a system running Windows XP, MS Office 2003, Explorer 7 and FireFox 3.0.5 and it appeared to catch everything, but we would like to see ParetoLogic offer more frequent updates.

The other thing we noticed is that we performed a scan and removal earlier in the day and performed another one later and some of the items that should have been removed were still there, so make sure you restart your system and all programs or your removals may not take effect.

Feature Set:  

Despite the fact that ParetoLogic Privacy Controls may not work with the newest versions of some programs, it does offer great options for what it does do. For example, in Explorer you can remove temp files, history, favorites, cookies, index.dat files, starter pages, auto-complete form data, downloaded directory memories, set up log files, saved passwords, downloaded program files and address bar histories. Other options include similarly comprehensive scans.

Help/Documentation:  

ParetoLogic Privacy Controls comes with excellent embedded help pages and online you can read FAQs or you can send an email for technical support. We would have liked to have seen chat or telephone support, but to be fair, few privacy software providers offer this level of support.

This privacy software from ParetoLogic seems to do an adequate job at scanning and removing most internet, email, chat and other activities quite well. It works with a variety of browsers and can perform 7-time overwrites to help eliminate data.

The only thing we would like to see are updates to handle newer applications, MS Office 2007 and the newest browsers and chat applications.