Eraser 5.86

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Eraser is an advanced security tool for Windows that allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. The patterns used for overwriting are based on Peter Gutmann's paper Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory and are selected to effectively remove magnetic remnants from the hard drive.

Other methods include the one defined in the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual of the U.S. Department of Defence, and overwriting with pseudorandom data. You can also define your own overwriting methods. Version 5.86 includes unspecified updates.

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  Eraser

  The best file eraser.

  by: Zane77 on 21-Jan-2008 12:53:34 AM

  Pros: Deleting files in windows doesn't really remove the files. It just removes the reference to the files, which means a data recovery program can still restore the deleted files.

  When you right click on the recycle bin and select empty the recycle bin. Eraser overwrites the contents of the recycle bin, to completely obliterate any data that was there. Once you use Eraser on a file you can be assured that it is really erased, and not just deleted.

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  Eraser

  Terrible

  by: FloridaSwamp on 13-May-2008 08:44:34 PM

  Pros: it's free

  Cons: lousy product

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  Eraser

  the best

  by: PC_Nerd-Henry_Chan on 11-Feb-2008 02:05:54 AM

  Pros: right click select erasing method on recycle bin

  right click select erase on other files

  can erase folders too

  will erase free space without corrupting system (not like some recovery programs with a terminate option)

  Cons: bit outdated button interface

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  Eraser

  the best secure file eraser!excellent!

  by: master g1 on 11-Feb-2008 03:16:29 AM

  Pros: does what it says on the tin!the only company that tells the truth about what it can and can't erase. also the only company that gives you an entensive faq on data remova.well done eraser!

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  Eraser

  Very good secure file eraser & mover!

  by: AdelheidBernstein on 03-Mar-2008 12:54:18 PM

  Pros: This latest version adds a feature I wished they had for 5.7 - secure file mover! The addition of the swift "first / last 2k" and "Schneier 7 pass" is also nice. The free space cleaner scheduler is also a little easier to set up.

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