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CHAOS Shredder 3.2

By overwriting the portion on the hard drive that was previously allocated to the files several times with junk data, CHAOS Shredder will completely erase files from your disk, without the possibility to recover it by any practical software or hardware methods. broken link?Comments 

Cleaner 1.1

Securely deletes file data, located in free disk space. After that the restoring of the information becomes impossible. Direct download. broken link?Comments 

Darik's Boot and Nuke 1.07

self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction. broken link?Comments 

Disk Redactor 1.0

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. broken link?Comments 

Eraser 5.3

Advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. broken link?Comments 

File Shredder 2.0

free, secure and fast application to permanently shred and delete files and folders on your computer. Shredded files can not be brought back by using specialized software, tricks or hacks, they are deleted beyond recovery. broken link?Comments 

Kill Docs 2.0

This program provides a layer of security if you are concerned about the contents of your Documents menu. Start the program to put its icon in the system tray. A quick double-click on the icon instantly clears the menu. Right-click on the icon to invoke the Options dialog, which allows you to set the program to automatically clear the Documents menu at a user-defined interval between 1 and 99 minutes. broken link?Comments 

Shredder

It overwrites the file you choose with binary data (basically garbage) making it unreadable and useless even if it is recovered. It will work with any type of file and it's use is very basic and simple. broken link?Comments 

Smart Data Scrubber 3.1

wipes completely the data on your hard drive making its restoring impossible and ensuring total confidentiality of your work. broken link?Comments 

Ss Data Eraser

permanent way to securely delete files, folders and disk free space. It implements the US Department of Defense DOD 5220.22 M clearing and sanitizing standard, to gives you confidence that once deleted, your data is gone forever and can not be recovered. broken link?Comments 

SuperShredder 1.01

It gives you the ability to completely delete files using not only common methods such as Gutmann and NISPOM (DoD), but can be completely customized to give you all the security and/or performance you may need. It can receive files via drag-and-drop onto the application or the icon, selecting files from inside the program, command line, and can even add a shortcut to your 'Send To' menu inside the Windows Explorer. broken link?Comments 

UltraShredder 4.5.1

standalone, USB portable file shredder which deletes sensitive files by overwriting them with random characters, saving it to disk each time, and then bypasses the recycle bin, thus acting as your personal, portable file shredder. If the file were to be recovered by a data recovery program, they would only be able to see unintelligible characters on disk where the file used to be. broken link?Comments 

Windows CleanUp! Utility 4.5.2

It has been written to clean up any evidence - in particular, the cache, history and any cookies - that Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, and even Windows leaves behind. broken link?Comments