Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and DOS.
Eraser is Free software and its source code is released under GNU General Public License.
The patterns used for overwriting are based on Peter Gutmann's paper "Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory" and they 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 US Department of Defence and overwriting with pseudorandom data. You can also define your own overwriting methods.
What's New:
- Portable version updated to 5.8.8.1
- Installer and Exe's digitally signed for Vista Help system conversion to chm (contents and context help)
- Standby feature in scheduler Wildcard support (c:*dir...) in scheduler
- User interface enhancements Memory stick support - if detected, then should use an ini file instead of registry.
