To make your Internet usage safer, you might consider using a computer not normally available to someone who may be interested in tracking your online activity. For example, a computer at a public library or at a friend’s home offers more anonymity than a computer in your home.

If you are surfing this and possibly other websites of similar content, you may want to prevent your abuser from discovering where you are searching for help on the internet. Computers leave traces behind indicating where you've been and what you've been looking at on the net. Here are some simple things you can do to reduce the chances that someone can look through your computer and find out what you've been reading.

Following these steps should clear your browser's history and cache files. This, however, is not a guarantee that information will not be left in your browser.

Clearing history and cache files

Internet Explorer

In the menu, click on Tools.

Click on Internet Options.

In the General tab under Temporary Internet Files, Click on Delete Files. This will clear your browser's cache.

Under History, Click on Clear History. This will clear the pages you've recently visited.

Netscape

In the menu, click on Edit.

Click on Preferences.

In the left-hand column, Click on Navigator and then on the right side click on Clear History. This will clear the pages you've recently visited.

Underneath that, click on Clear Location Bar. This will clear the list of sites in your browser's location bar.

Back in the left-hand column, click on Advanced. Click on Cache and then click on Clear Disk Cache. This will clear your browser's cache.

Mozilla FireFox

With the browser window open, press Control, Shift and Delete keys at the same time on the keyboard.

Email safety

Be sure to delete any outgoing and incoming emails

Change your email password often