These cache files are excellent sources of information to review when checking to see where your child has been on the Internet. Depending upon your browser and your operating system these files may be in various places. Double clicking on any given HTML or image file will open that file in your Internet browser for review.
Cookies can be excellent indicators of where children have ventured on the Internet.
Many chat programs and interactive software have the ability to save transcripts of the interactive or chat sessions to a file on the user's computer. If your child has access to these programs read the documentation and find out how and where these files are stored and review them. Additionally, deleted messages are normally saved in a trash can or deleted directory. Again, read the documentation and find out how and where these files are stored and review them. Deleted files in Microsoft Windows and DOS are often not actually deleted and can still be read using special software such as Norton Utilities .