Full commercial app, worth £10
Platform : Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Type: time limited demo
Manufacturer: East-Tec
Size: 2.39MB
Rating: 4
Verdict:
Ignore the 'time limited demo' reference on this page. This software is the
full Lite edition and won't need a serial code.
System Requirements:
Removing confidential files from your PC can be difficult, especially if
you're relying on Windows alone. Delete the file and it goes to the Recycle bin;
empty that and it's accessible by Undelete tools, and fragments of the file may
be visible for a considerable time.
East-Tec Eraser Lite offers a simple solution, though: just drag and drop
whatever files and folders you want to delete onto the program screen, click the
Erase button, and it overwrites the contents for you. The program even scrambles
the name, date and size of your wiped files and folders, so intruders have no
information at all about their possible contents.
Many secure deletion programs stop there, but East-Tec realised that there
may be clues about your activities elsewhere on the PC. The "My Recent Documents
" list will list files you've been working on, for instance, and there might be
remnants of them visible in the Temporary Files folder, or your paging file.
Then there are Windows application logs to consider, your browser cookies and
history, the "recent programs" list on your Start menu, and a whole lot more.
You could work your way through Windows and your browser, plugging these
security leaks manually, but Eraser Lite has a better solution. Click Privacy
Guard > Advanced > Next, choose the areas you'd like to clean, and the
program will erase them for you. And again that means "securely erase", not just
delete, so snoopers with an Undelete tool won't be able to recover any useful
information.
Ignore the 'time limited demo' reference on this page. This software is the
full Lite edition and won't need a serial code.
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