Recommendations on a freeware product to maintain privacy

[Anonymous]

Hi Everyone,

I need a freeware program to maintain privacy on my computer.

I found a payware program called Shardator at
http://www.shredator.com/ and I was hoping that some knowledgable
person here could point me to a freeware application that does the same
things as Shredator---or if you know of a freeware product that does
more than Shredator, or does it better, THAT would great too!

Thanks for your help!

 

[The Six Million Dollar Man]

Hi Everyone,

I need a freeware program to maintain privacy on my computer.

I found a payware program called Shardator at http://www.shredator.com/
and I was hoping that some knowledgable person here could point me to a
freeware application that does the same things as Shredator---or if you
know of a freeware product that does more than Shredator, or does it
better, THAT would great too!

Thanks for your help!

Eraser

http://heidi.ie/eraser/default.php

 

[Morten Skarstad]

Anonymous skrev:

I found a payware program called Shardator at http://www.shredator.com/
and I was hoping that some knowledgable person here could point me to a
freeware application that does the same things as Shredator---or if you
know of a freeware product that does more than Shredator, or does it
better, THAT would great too!

AnonymOS
http://sourceforge.net/projects/anonym-os/

 

[jmatt]

Here is my list, links are like us, they die. If any of these links are
dead or are no longer freeware, at least you have the name of the
program, which you put into a search engine like Google & maybe you can
let me know the latest info.

Incinerator
http://members.shaw.ca/picker/

Darik's Boot and Nuke
http://dban.sourceforge.net/

NecroFile
http://www.webattack.com/freeware/security/fwerase.shtml
http://www.necrocosm.com/nfinfo.html

Eraser
http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser

MyFile Shredder
http://dl.winsite.com/bin/Info?14500000037033
http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/pub/winsite/winxp/sysutil/mfsSetup.exe

CHAOS Shredder
http://www.safechaos.com/cs.htm

DataDestroyer
http://www.nonags.com/nonags/security.html
http://tomorroware.blix.com/link.php
http://freewarerocks.com/FreewareRocks.com_Up_Comers.htm
http://www.freedownloadutilities.com/security/datadestroyer.html

UltraWipe
http://www.webattack.com/freeware/security/fwerase.shtml
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=88&cat=006

AnalogX SuperShredder
http://www.webattack.com/freeware/security/fwerase.shtml
http://www.analogx.com/contents/news.htm

AbsoluteShield
http://www.webattack.com/freeware/security/fwerase.shtml
http://www.sys-shield.com/

Simple File Shredder
http://www.webattack.com/freeware/security/fwerase.shtml
http://www.scar5.com/

Active KillDisk
http://www.killdisk.com/
http://www.webattack.com/freeware/security/fwerase.shtml

JDN Reserve
http://www.geocities.com/jdn_reserve/

 

[Susan Bugher]

Here is my list, links are like us, they die.

They die *much* sooner. I think the average link has the life span of a
May Fly.

Susan
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[Anonymous]

Anonymous submitted this idea :

Hi Everyone,

I need a freeware program to maintain privacy on my computer.

I have Eraser and I use it.
What I'm looking for is a program that offers one-button-click and my
hard drive is sanitized. I need a program that KNOWS what files and
folders need to be wiped clean and does it.

Or, I need to know what files and folders need to be sanitized and I
can write a batch file to do it.

 

[The Six Million Dollar Man]

Anonymous submitted this idea :

I have Eraser and I use it.
What I'm looking for is a program that offers one-button-click and my
hard drive is sanitized. I need a program that KNOWS what files and
folders need to be wiped clean and does it.

Or, I need to know what files and folders need to be sanitized and I can
write a batch file to do it.

CCleaner

http://www.ccleaner.com/

 

[Nicolaas Hawkins]

They die *much* sooner. I think the average link has the life span of a
May Fly.

Susan

Wouldn't that depend on who was wielding the fly-swat?
And what if it were only April (or is she wielding the fly-swat)?



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E-Mail for details: raptor740.gmail@com (swap "." and "@")


.... A good pun is its own reword.

 

[jmatt]

Maybe this one Anonymous.

Drive Cleanup Wizard
http://www.thejackol.com/index.php?p=26
What?
* Permanently delete left-over Windows Temporary Files
* Empty all files, in all User Profiles, with extensions .bak, .~,
..tmp
* Easily specify custom, multiple file-types to search and destroy
* Empty Temporary Internet Files and the Recycle Bin
* Ability to choose between normal Windows File Deletion or use the
Wipe Files feature which first fills each file with hex #00 and then
deletes them!

 

[jmatt]

This also may interest Anonymous.

JDN Reserve
http://www.geocities.com/jdn_reserve/
JDN Reserve has been withdrawn because the best way to secure your hard
drives is to encrypt them. Once encrypted, you no longer need to scrub
deleted files.

 

[powerstation]

This also may interest Anonymous.

JDN Reserve
http://www.geocities.com/jdn_reserve/
JDN Reserve has been withdrawn because the best way to secure your hard
drives is to encrypt them. Once encrypted, you no longer need to scrub
deleted files.

Is there a freeware program to encrypt a working windows hard drive like
DriveCrypt Plus Pack - (encrypts the whole operating system) ?

 

[jmatt]

Here are some to look at powerstation.
Free Drive Encryptor
http://www.softtester.com/programs/free-drive-encryptor.shtml
http://www.softtester.com/php/dl.ph....qdsecurity.com/downloads/clevercrypt-fde.exe
Create a password protected, fully encrypted hard drive to store all of
your private files and folders in. Just copy your files into your
secure drive for total protection. Free.
4 pages here.
http://www.freeware-guide.com/dir/util/secenkr.html
& more here.
http://www.freebyte.com/security/

I am not recommending anything, my list gives you a starting point to
find something to suit your operating system & skill level. What will
work on my computer, may not be happy on yours. What I can understand,
re how to install & run, may not apply to you.

 

[jmatt]

Another approach here.
SDelete
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/SDelete.html

 

[Aaron]

CCleaner

http://www.ccleaner.com/

or cleanup

http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/

or cleancache

http://www.buttuglysoftware.com/

Most of these cleaners nowdays have 'secure deletion'...

But they tend to be slower than eraser and perhaps not as through (Eraser
is more tested + open source). On the other hand, the 3 list above, has a
nice listing of files of a temporary nature that can be deleted...

Also Eraser doesn't do MRUs (registry keys) that might be a privacy
concern

 

[Susan Bugher]

Wouldn't that depend on who was wielding the fly-swat?
And what if it were only April (or is she wielding the fly-swat)?

<Groan> I May just March far away from your August personage if you
don't quit making bad puns.

Susan
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[powerstation]

This is the only freeware I have found that encypts the entire disk
incliuding the operating system

Free CompuSec 4.20

http://www.ce-infosys.com/CeiHome.asp

yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CompuSec/

 

[Onno Voors]

I need a program that KNOWS what files and
folders need to be wiped clean and does it.

I doubt that any program really knows that.

Or, I need to know what files and folders need to be sanitized and I
can write a batch file to do it.

You can create tasks in Eraser to delete all files in a certain folder, or
to wipe free space, and then run all those tasks at once.