Recycle bin (full post)

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danlondon

When i empty my Recycle bin..how do i permanantly delete
these items from my computer ???/
Thanks in advance..your a star!!!
 
You don't actually delete anything. When you select delete, although the
file pops into the recycle bin, the actually 'area' that the file takes up
is simply marked as 'free space'. In other words, until that space is
overwritten the file is still there and, using the correct software, can
still be accessed. To permanently delete a file you need to have the space
overwritten. You could try the third party freeware application called
Eraser (www.heidi.ie/eraser)
 
danlondon said:
When i empty my Recycle bin..how do i permanantly delete
these items from my computer ???/
Thanks in advance..your a star!!!
Spybot S&D,has a shredder funtion which overwrites the area the deleted item
was stored at.

Spybot S&D - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
Ad-aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
CWShedder - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Hijack this - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
WinPatrol - www.winpatrol.com
BHODemon - http://www.definitivesolutions.com/
Bazooka -http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html
asquared2 "Trojan Remover" - http://www.emsisoft.com/en/

A link for free online virus and trojan scanners.
http://virusall.com/downscan.html

A listing of BHO's
http://www.spywaredata.com/bho.php?current_page=0
 
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