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When emptied, the Windows Recycle bin doesn't actually delete files from a hard disk, it merely designates the space they occupied as available for overwriting. In fact, armed with a disk editor, files presumed deleted can usually be recovered with surprising ease.
The latest version of Destroy-it Pro aims to protect against this eventuality, offering a number of measures to ensure that deleted data stays that way.
Files to be deleted are simply dragged and dropped into the main program window from where six methods of data destruction are available. These range from the fast acting but less secure right up to the much slower Gutmann method with its 35 random data overwrites. The Drive Zapper can even apply these retrospectively to insecurely deleted data.
There's help for those wishing to cover their tracks with the Sensitive Folders Destroyer, ensuring that cache, history and recent file lists are deleted and rendered unrecoverable at the same time.
You also get a bootable floppy disk containing Disksanitizer Pro, a utility that will obliterate all traces of data from a hard disk with just a few key presses. Useful as this could be when selling an old hard disk or PC, it also has the potential to be destructive in the wrong hands.
We're not convinced of the benefit to home users, particularly as many utility suites offer similar features, but in sensitive commercial environments it could be useful.
Contact: Vector Retail 0845 166 4701
www.wincleaner.com
System requirements:
- Windows 95 upwards
- Pentium processor
- 16MB of Ram
- 3MB of hard disk space
See also:
All File & Disk Management
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