Eraser is a security and privacy application designed to help users protect their data by permanently erasing it from their computer. It provides a secure, reliable, and easy-to-use way to delete all traces of sensitive data from the user's computer. The program allows users to securely erase files, folders, and even entire disks and partitions, making them unrecoverable even with special software. The application also features support for wiping out unused space on hard drives, as well as support for multiple file systems, including FAT and NTFS. In addition, Eraser offers data sanitization algorithms like Gutmann, DoD and US Navy, which are designed to ensure that deleted data cannot be retrieved even with advanced forensic techniques. The application also includes a scheduler, allowing users to automate the erasing process, as well as an activity log for tracking the erasing process.
Discontinued The program is no longer updated. The latest version, 2.50, released in 2012, can still be downloaded from the official website.
I have tried it on every type of media it can be used on and I have used many different "drafts" or "no plot" and .... there is nothing left, not even God will know the content of that old file and Fire Shreddered, never !
the program is really easy to use, has many features and doesn't slow down your PC (although the others don't slow down 2, but maybe there's one I don't know about). The file shredder does what it is supposed to do.
The discontinued development approach was moved to http://alternativeapp.info/software/context-shredder/.
Only available on mac (which is not similar to the draft)
By fotzenlecker · Jun 2011
Desde la versión 6.x, Eraser se convirtió en una pieza inútil de hinchazón, una CPU y RAM hog, que requiere ejecutarse todo el tiempo en segundo plano para que funcione la integración del sistema (papelera de reciclaje y menú contextual). Necesita casi 30MB en estado inactivo para eso. Además, los usuarios ya no pueden elegir el método de trituración sobre la marcha como lo hicieron en las versiones anteriores. Ahora primero tienen que ir a las preferencias de la ventana principal. Esto realmente apesta y lo desinstalé. Ahora utilizo la versión 5.87 de nuevo, que es delgada y rápida y hace el trabajo mucho mejor.
It's simple, beautiful, fast and open source.