Freeraser is a free file shredder thats erase or “shreds” any computer files permanently. It is always wise to be sure that any sensitive information, like industrial secrets or some unwanted content, are deleted permanently even if you are a normal computer user. Freeraser is one of the best tool at the job of destroying any data and eliminating any possibility of restoration. This file eraser destroys the data file you choose on any hard drive or flash drive before the deletion, using a complicated procedure of filling the actual content with random data. Freeraser users can define the method that they wish to destroy their data with.
The three methods to erase sensitive data in Freeraser are:
1. a fast destruction (standard 1-round filling of random data)
2. a forced destruction (3 rounds of filling according to DoD 5220.22M standard)
3. an ultimate destruction (35 rounds of filling with data according to Guttman algorithm).
It is obvious that the more powerful destruction is performed, the more rounds it takes and the more time it needs. The usual Windows files deletion isn’t enough even you have permanently delete it from recycle bin. It simply marks this space on your media as empty. Any recovery tool will restore it. Since there are plenty of software recovery tools, deleted data are easily restored. Imagine how much information can be recovered from a hard disk. Most of software recovery tools can dig out information that exceeds by 300% the volume of your hard drive. That means that at least 3 layers of information can be restored; and this even without using a hardware recovery, which brings up much more.
FreeEraser creates a trash icon on your desktop. Now whenever you move a file to FreeEaser bin and direct it to delete files, it will delete those files permanently, making them unrecoverable again in future. So do consider first before move your file into this trash icon. This free file shredder is lightweight at approximately 2MB for download and fit in approximately 2.3MB of hard disk space.
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