Eraser is an advanced security tool for Windows that permanently removes sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it multiple times with carefully selected patterns.
Eraser is free software, and its source code is released under the GNU General Public License.
Most people have some data that they would rather not share with others. That includes passwords, personal information, classified documents from work, financial records, and self-written poems, the list can be continued forever.
You may have stored this information on your computer for easy access. But when it’s time to remove data from your hard drive, things get more complicated. Protecting your privacy isn’t as simple as it first appears.
You might assume deleting a file erases it permanently, but this is a common misconception. In reality, the operating system removes the file’s reference from the file system table while leaving the original data intact on the disk. This “deleted” data persists until new data overwrites it, and even then, forensic tools can potentially recover remnants by detecting residual magnetic signatures on the disk platter.
Before the file is overwritten, anyone can easily retrieve it with disk maintenance or an undelete utility. Several problems affect secure file removal, mainly due to write caching, hard disk architecture, and data encoding methods. These challenges were taken into consideration when Eraser was designed. Because of its intuitive design and simple user interface, you can safely and easily erase private data from your hard drive.
Changes in Eraser 6.2.0.2983 :
Supported Operating Systems:
- Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11 (32-bit, 64-bit).
- Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012.
