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The secure shredder is a tool to get finally rid of files, without any
further possibilities of recovery.
Shredding is simple û drop some files from the explorer into the list (or
add some using the context menu of the list), select the number of shreds,
and click Chop it away.
Usage tracks that are in files will be shredded using this tool, too,
using 5 passes.
The first 5 shreds are using pre-defined bit pattern that should make
even hardware recovery impossible. Any further pass will use a random bit
pattern that is changing every few Bytes.
Please notice: one pass is not enough to shred a file, as the heads of your
hard disk won't hit the same track 100,00% of the time. There are small
differences of a few µm that will allow pros to reconstruct even overwritten
data. That is why multiple shreds are necessary, and why different patterns
should be used.
Warning: This tool is designed to remove files so they can not be
recovered again! If you use it, be aware of that!
You do not need to use this tool to remove spyware or usage tracks.
Spybot-S&D will take care of shredding them on its own.
Disclaimer: I tried my best to finally shred every given to this
tool. But I can't guarantee that files will be unrecoverably extinguished.
You can find the secure shredder tool by choosing Secure Shredder
from the Tools section in the toolbar to the left.
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