Eraser
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.
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Features
- Portable
- File Shredder
Tags
- Secure Delete
- delete-files
- remove-file
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TheEmperorArt added Eraser as alternative to DoYourData Super Eraser
TheEmperorArt added Eraser as alternative to Donemax Data Eraser- tuva-hayabi reviewed Eraser
Eraser isn't the most intuitive program. But, worse than this, it spit out the message that the drive (an SD card) was wiped with errors. Another program (HDShredder by Miray) did the wiping without errors.
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What is Eraser?
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.
Eraser information
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Open Source and Free product.Rating
Average rating of 3.6Alternatives
47 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
If you know overwrite techniques and would like schedule, this looks like a great choice. Number of overwrites can be chosen. Free and Open Source.. great. Scheduled tasks may be imported/exported. Settings can be saved. Some even more fancy features like choosing a file to overwrite with and unlocking locked files. Many people may want to overwrite an entire disk drive & this program doesn't provide an "easy button" to do so, however, programs KillDisk & Hardwipe do.
happy i found the old version there: http://sourceforge.net/projects/eraser/files/Eraser%205/5.8.8/
Eraser isn't the most intuitive program. But, worse than this, it spit out the message that the drive (an SD card) was wiped with errors. Another program (HDShredder by Miray) did the wiping without errors.
I love this software. Very helpful for erasing sensitive files/documents and, of course, cleaning up my traces from my wife 😅. You can choose to have your deleted files replaced with new files 📄📸 for more plausible deniability or to mislead a thief if they get access to your hard drive 💻.
It gets a 4-star rating because it's discontinued and therefore won't get patched or updated with the latest security measures. But I still trust this software to do its work, and it does that excellently.
It is open source and can do a variety of erase methods, no need to pay for active killdisk.
dangerous - check sourceforge page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/eraser/
Great selection of overwrite algorithms. You need to use the correct one for your drive type. Some are for old and outdated drive technologies.