Family members should think regarding what material might exist on their notebook existing as a result of their porn surfing, and their partner's. Protocols made to scan for porno data files and / or checking for stored pornography, must securely remove porno items from wherever they are wherever they are, with due care. Many programs invoke a bitwise data erasing procedure that cleans orphan data from all deleted files so that they cannot be used again. Secure removal is almost required for cleanup apps like this.

Nearly all pornography scanners can deal with detecting documents and testing for inappropriate material. The next pass starts by testing each word using a list of known suspicious words kept for the purpose. For example, adult based content related to pornography or adult concepts; unacceptable topic matter including racism, writing discussing violence, text inciting hate or any such unacceptable items; signs of improper system use; these can all be found and then displayed as the obtained scan results in the output results. Multiple files may be assigned for hands-on checks by the software's user, and an informed decision made on the best way of treating each file in a suitable way.