ProtectStar Data Shredder is compact and user friendly software which was designed with the data deletion needs of both business and private users, and allows all data to be deleted in such a way that it is completely beyond recovery, even for experts and government agencies. When you use ProtectStar Data Shredder to delete data from a hard drive or storage device, you are ensuring that confidential information such as bank data, passwords and employee data can never fall into the wrong hands. The ProtectStar Secure Deletion Algorithm, which was specially developed by ProtectStar for ProtectStar Data Shredder is one of the best such algorithms available today. It carries out 50 deletion processes with virtually no noticeable computer performance loss, and in a manner that complies with all international data security standards.
A horrid program that buries itself in your drive. It does not come with an uninstaller, nor does it show up in Control Panel Programs to uninstall. If you right click the icon, the "Open Folder Location" is grayed out as if they've taken administrative privileges from you, the computer owner. I had to wipe my drive and reconstruct to get it off. Even if you manually navigate to the program location in the x86 file, you cannot manually delete it. BEWARE!
Summary
have not used it yet
row209r
Pros
see above for details
Cons
see item two for details
Summary
can't comment until i actually use the product
excellent development process
securexpert
Pros
+ quick and secure erasure software
+ official compatible with Windows 7
+ 32-bit and real native 64-bit application. State of the Art
+ frequently updates, new features and bug fixes
Cons
the freeware version could have more features, but ok.
Summary
I can recommend that erasure software for private users and companies.
For private users which don't want to secure delete a whole partition, the freeware version is enough.
worthless software
melachupan
Pros
will wipe out everything, very dangerous.
Cons
very expensive software for the service provided.
Summary
don't bother.
Appears to do everything the developers have promised.
davidpmorton
Pros
User-friendly and very easy to navigate. The application seems to deliver comprehensive, secure document deletion, and it works quickly and completely. I've had no problems with it to date.
Cons
No problems at this point.
Summary
Great solution
securexpert
Pros
It is very fast and the maximum security option called "ProtectStar Security" (ProtectStar Secure Deletion Algorithm) seems very secure.
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<p>It is very easy to use via the context menu of Windows