Eraser 5.8.8 Beta 1

3.9 out of 5 stars 3.9 (119 votes)

BETA (July 6, 2009)

Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Open Source / 15,852 downloads

Eraser is an advanced security tool, which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.

  • Publisher

    Sami Tolvanen

  • Homepage

    Eraser

  • Latest Changes

    - Do not erase sparse, compressed or encrypted files when FL2KB erasure is selected to prevent disk corruption

    - Fix Win32 Eraser builds to be truly Unicode builds

    - A few 64-bit fixes

    - Ensure that Eraser uses the latest runtimes packaged with the installer. This should fix hangs when using the Context menu

Reviews of Eraser

  1. 2 out of 5 stars
    Earwicker

    Reviewing 5.8.8 Beta 1 (Jul 15, 2009)

    Still hangs when I try to activate the context menu...

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    anomoly

    Reviewing 5.8.8 Beta 1 (Jul 10, 2009)

    5 for STILL being an open source package which btw is at version 6+ beta stage. It uses under 40 MB's standing still on my pc, but that is small potatoes as it never needs to be left running in order to use it. As always with ANY software you use at your own risk.

  3. 1 out of 5 stars
    emanresU deriseD

    Reviewing 5.8.8 Beta 1 (Jul 8, 2009)

    It has been said many times before but it bears repeating: This software hassn't been worth the page it's displayed on since Tolvanen turned it over. What does it take for people to realize this? For me, the annoying bugs are enough (i.e. shell extension problems, stability problems, failure to wipe all selected data). But consider that there was a RELEASE version of this software that was destroying data when free space was being overwritten. If you don't learn your lesson from THAT, you deserve whatever you get.

    1 star for a dishonest and inept developer who obviously don't care about the software, and simply wants to bump the version every so often to get a few donations from idiots.

  4. 2 out of 5 stars
    Earwicker

    Reviewing 6.0.5.1114 RC5 (Jun 13, 2009)

    Hmm, not sure you've improved this. Causes the system to crash when I try to activate the shell (right mouse click in explorer), and generally seems clunky. Also, it all a bit conspicuous for a privacy/security tool. I'm glad this excellent project is being maintained, but please prefer substance over style!

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    cltx99

    Reviewing 6.0.5.1114 RC5 (Jun 11, 2009)

    I've been using eraser for years too. I'm not jumping into a new version as my old version works so well. The rating is for the version I use, not the new RC. I use Eraser 5.3

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