Permanently Delete Data From Hard Drive, USB Thumb Drive and SD Memory Card
Files deleted from your USB thumb drive are not removed immediately; the deleted files are still known to be occupying the space although it is not visible in Windows. Why is that so? Well, when you delete a file, Windows marked that particular sector in your hard disk as free in the registry, the content is removed when a new data is written onto the previous ‘free’ space, therefore if no new data is written, and it is possible to retrieve the ‘deleted’ data.
Who needs this software? If you happened to be sharing your USB flash drive with an IT expert friend and the USB thumb drive used to contain your private files (e.g. home made video) which were deleted weeks ago, you should definitely try these data remover to avoid any unwanted incident.
Disk Scrubber – Permanently Delete Data
Disk Scrubber is a freeware, unlike other data remover software, Disk Scrubber has a very simple user interface, possibly the simplest among all. Basically it allows you to permanently delete data from your hard disk or USB thumb drive, data deleted using Disk Scrubber is not recoverable, use with caution.
The MariusSoft Disk Scrubber is a program that allows you scrub your windows NTFS disk partition to ensure that erased files truly are erased. The program is a simple GUI interface for the built in windows cipher utility that makes it more user friendly.
Disk Wipe – Delete Hard Drive Data
Disk Wipe (freeware) is possibly the most powerful data remover; it does what its title says. Unlike other data remover software, Disk Wipe uses advanced shredding technology such as US DoD (Department of Defense), British HMG IS5 and Russian GOST. These are military technology used in wiping sensitive information in the event that their based in surrounded by enemies. Download Disk Wipe (freeware).
Data deleted or removed with the following technique will no longer recoverable. Just like all data remover software, Disk Wipe works with every media such as SD memory cards, CF memory cards, USB thumb drives, Hard Disk and many more.
Disk Wipe is a free utility that wipes a device, file, or directory tree clean using either a 3-pass or 7-pass DoD spec wipe. It has been confirmed to work on just about every UNIX, and even Windows. It should compile natively on any UNIX or Windows compiler.
Disk Redactor – Permanently Remove Data
Unlike Disk Wipe, Disk Redactor is a simple data remover tool. It uses a fairly simple technology. Disk Redactor will perform the data shredding task as instructed, this will ensure all data are removed and not recoverable by any other recovery software. Download Disk Redactor, it is free.
Disk Redactor is a WIPE utility that lets you securely erase any old ( deleted ) files and prevent them from being recovered. All your private sensitive insecurely erased information will be wiped from free unused space on your drives to ensure complete data destruction.
Where to Download Free Norton AntiVirus 11 for Apple Mac OS X Trialware
For weeks I’ve been searching for Symantec’s Norton AntiVirus 11 trialware for macintosh, and I still couldn’t find it, probably Norton knew their product would be a big letdown thus it is best not to offer any trial. Based on comments found in MacWorld, Symantec’s Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac appears to be somewhat of a letdown, according to the comments, not only does Norton AntiVirus hog onto all the available memory, it causes frequent crashes and it took 3 hours to scan a 170GB hard disk, which is amazingly slow compare to a PC.
Anyway, according to Symantec, Norton AntiVirus 11 is the world’s most trusted antivirus solution for Macintosh systems. It removes viruses automatically, cleans infected Internet and email downloads, and defends against emerging threats. The latest version is compatible with Mac OS X v10.4 “Tiger,” and comes with a widget that allows you to quickly check your system’s virus protection status. Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 11 is only compatible with the new Intel-based Macintosh computers.
- Automatically detects and removes viruses and worms
- Prevents virus-infected email from spreading
- Protects against attacks that target software vulnerabilities
- Works with new Mac OS® X v10.5 (Leopard)
- Includes an all-new Norton AntiVirus dashboard widget
- Delivers industry-leading protection in the background, so you can work and play without noticeable impact on performance
Verdict: USD50 is really expensive for a piece of antivirus software; it is even more expensive when Mac doesn’t really need an antivirus to begin with. My advice? Try some of this free Anti Virus for Apple Mac! PC Tools iAntiVirus (freeware) and CalmX AntiVirus for Mac (freeware)
