LOG Deletion ??

Guest_alcatraz_*

I have been playing the demo(MAC)version for the last few days and having read all the various blurbs about deleting your 2 logs at Internic's machine to ensure you do not get traced.

I have completed about 15 missions now and have not deleted my logs on the Internic machine at all. Firstly, my log deleter does not seem to want to work on the particular logs.

My questions are:

a) Am I doing something wrong/stupid when I try to delete my logs on Internic?

Why Have I not been traced so far and caught since I have NOT been deletinhg my logs at all?

TomRix

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I have completed about 15 missions now and have not deleted my logs on the Internic machine at all. Firstly, my log deleter does not seem to want to work on the particular logs.

My questions are:

a) Am I doing something wrong/stupid when I try to delete my logs on Internic?

Why Have I not been traced so far and caught since I have NOT been deletinhg my logs at all?**

a)It's possible but it may have to do with your log-deleter version.
To delete a log, run the deleter program, then carry it over on top of your undesired log (in most admin sections, including interNIC) and click. The program should be 'dropped' and a progress bar will run across it. What happens next depends on the deleter version. 4.0 is accepted to be the only acceptable version, as it is impossible to undo.

Most likely, it's due to you doing relatively benign missions thus far. That, and there's a lot of red-tape and cooperation between companies and governments and banks and whatnot to agree on sharing logs for a passive trace. If you're not trying to steal money for yourself, a passive trace could take anywhere from hours to weeks, if your target even considers it worthwhile to bother tracing you.

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Guest_sadisticmaniac_*

Hmm... Are you sure it's a log deleter? For a while I thought you deleted logs using the file deleter, and I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. :redface: Then I saw the actual log deleter software in the software upgrade list. If you do have a log deleter... Then I guess it's either because you're unregistered or you've found a bug . As for not being caught yet, it is as TomRix says, your not committing any really heinous crimes. You aren't worth tracing yet. However, you should make it a habit to delete logs because you will need to do so soon.

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mrxak

It's also good to get in the habit...

Guest_alcatraz_*

Thanks for the advice. I now need to work out if I should have been using File deleter or Log Deleter.

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