When deleting files securely, does CCleaner...

Started by SamVimes, May 18 2006 10:09 AM

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#1 OFFLINE SamVimes

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Posted 18 May 2006 - 10:09 AM

...wipe their slack space and scramble their file names, properties, dates, etc.? This is done by most secure overwriters.

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Posted 18 May 2006 - 11:59 AM

I am not sure, but I think that maybe it dont. It just overwrite the files several times.

If you really want secure file deletion then look into Eraser;
* http://en.wikipedia...._%28software%29
* http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/

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Posted 19 May 2006 - 02:30 AM

Eldmannen, on May 18 2006, 12:59 PM, said:

I am not sure, but I think that maybe it dont. It just overwrite the files several times.

If you really want secure file deletion then look into Eraser;
* http://en.wikipedia...._%28software%29
* http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/

I would recommend the older version (5.7) as the new 5.8 version seems to be a little buggy at the moment, whereas I've never had any problems with 5.7 (and am still using it after briefly trying 5.8)

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