Hope the headline made sense. Wondering if there is a program out there or something I can do to make sure items deleated or erased, IE personal banking info, pictures, music, etc.
Thanks.
2007-01-17 13:23:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Eraser is a free utility that you could right click on a file or folder and select a secure delete option from the context menu. There is an option to erase files you have sent to your Recycle Bin. You also have the option of wiping all the free space on your HD.
It has settings for 1, 3, 7 and 35 passes. Selecting 7 should be enough to prevent any recovery program from retrieving the file, short of a forensic recovery. The 35 pass should make the files absolutely irretrievable by any means, but 35 passes will take some time on large files and would take forever on a free space cleaning
Check the settings under: Edit > Preferences > Erasing and set "Files" and "Unused Disk Space" to 7.
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
Best regards,
Windsor
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2007-01-17 16:02:49 · answer #1 · answered by Windsor 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Files Will Always Be On Your Computer invisible\Inactive.Until The SpaceThey Once Occupied On The Hard drive Is Written Over. This Is The Only Way The Files Will Be Completely Deleted.
2007-01-17 21:51:11 · answer #2 · answered by tee_rone2008 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, there are actually many, some free, some pay-for. Off the top of my head, if I'm not mistaken, I believe that the well known anti-Spyware program Spybot has a feature like that somewhere. Googling will bring you many other programs, just make sure that they are legitimate programs that do not have an Spyware hidden in them. Good luck.
2007-01-17 21:30:22 · answer #3 · answered by Acadia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
programs leave bits all over the place, but if your sure it's gone, the only other place where you may find something from the program is the registory. registory cleaners sometimes clean too good. beware.
2007-01-17 21:29:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know of one called Restoration. The link is below.
2007-01-17 21:30:36 · answer #5 · answered by Rae 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes sure there is. if u r ready to pay then evidence eliminator if u r looking for freebie that does its job then go grab the tool from
www.ccleaner.com
2007-01-17 21:28:59 · answer #6 · answered by Neo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try www.sys-shield.com/fileshredder.htm
or just google file shredder and try one of those sites. you want something that doesn't just delete, it writes over your deleted files.
2007-01-17 21:29:34 · answer #7 · answered by bosco6159 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋