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Downloads:
642,194
- Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Additional Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
December 14, 2007
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Publisher's description of Eraser 5.86
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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User reviews of Eraser 5.86
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 173 votes
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74 out of 75 people found this review helpful
Version: Eraser 5.86
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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70 out of 71 people found this review helpful
Version: Eraser 5.86
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Cons: bit outdated button interface
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64 out of 65 people found this review helpful
Version: Eraser 5.86
"the best secure file eraser!excellent!"
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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61 out of 69 people found this review helpful
Version: Eraser 5.86
"I assume it works as intended..."
Pros: I assume it is wiping my files properly.
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46 out of 47 people found this review helpful
Version: Eraser 5.86
"Very good secure file eraser & mover!"
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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