Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.

Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Windows 2003 Server 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.

Features:

- Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP (32/64),Vista (32/64), Windows Server 2003 and DOS.  It works with any drive including IDE, SCSI and RAID, and CD-RW's.
- Uses the Guttmann (Default), Pseudorandom Data and US DoD 5220-22.M methods.
- Erases Files and Folders.
- Erases Files/Folders that were only previously 'deleted'.
- Erases all hard drives using 'Darik's Boot and Nuke' method.
- Erases Index.dat on Reboot
- Erases Encrypted Files and Drives.
- Erases FreeSpace on 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and DOS.
- Erases contents of the Recycle Bin.
- Erases Compressed Files and Drives.
- Erases Network Files, Floppy Disks, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW.
- Erases Windows Temporary Files.
- Erases Internet Cookies.
- Erases Paging (swap) file.
- Erases Internet Cache.
- Appears as an 'Erase' option on the Context Menu of  Windows Explorer and Recycle Bin.
- Comes with an Eraser Scheduler that allows you to create user-defined tasks.
- Defeats File Recovery software applications Hardware tools.
- Supports FAT32 and NTFS Files Systems.
- Eraser is easy to use and comes with a dedicated support network.

· Progress dialog improvements
· Deal with cluster tip erasure failures more robustly
· When a user does a folder erasure, delete all empty subfolders of the target if they are empty after the erase regardless of whether the folder should be deleted when empty
· Fixed the crash which appears after Erase has been running for a while
· Create a Hide button for the progress dialog
· Relabelled tab order for the progress dialog
· Friendlier error message used when access is denied erasing a file cluster tip.
· Moved the task list to a file in the Local Application Data folder (%LOCALAPPDATA%Eraser 6)
· Allow users to filter log messages by severity

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