Purging the majority a computer's archived files is oftentimes focussing on just inappropriate content, but most of the time the user prefers to scan some other varieties while scanning, files such as MP3 files, browser site visitation, archive files, improper file extensions, and unknown file types that were requested by the software's operator. And since scanning is scheduled for adult files, you can also do the bulk testing of the other target files during testing.

Checking image files should be done every time when checking the computer , to purge any adult material. Visually based porn often takes the form of images, and in many cases viewers of said content download copies on the disk as part of a collection. So it's essential for cleanup programs to classify adult images and other images, and present the files in the most meaningful way for the user of the app to review. Categorizing the files can involve image processing to ascertain whether adult material is present. A key element is detecting the ratio of skin tone of the picture. Having skin colors, however, is only one factor since other objects can contain the same skin coloring. If skin color is located in the file, more in-depth secondary procedures should be run to further test the images, to set apart the inappropriate items from normal ones, such as distribution analysis, background separation, and a great many besides. Detected items from the scans are then arranged and tabulated for analysis by the user.