Wiping

CopyWipe is a free utility for copying or securely overwriting (wiping) entire hard drives. CopyWipe can ease and expedite the transition to a new hard drive, by copying the entire contents of one drive to another. CopyWipe can also help prevent confidential or private data from being recovered,... Platforms: Windows

Before selling, disposing or donating used computers, securely erase hard drives with BCWipe Total WipeOut. Trusted as the de-facto standard for the U.S. DoD, BCWipe Total WipeOut erases boot records, filesystem structures, operating system files and service areas like Host Protected Area (HPA)... Platforms: Windows, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server

Remo Drive Wipe free edition is a secure drive wiping utility, which lets you to erase your drive data permanently by overwriting it using 3 different erasing patterns. The software supports erasing data from hard drive, flash memory cards, USB drives, external hard disk and FireWire drives... Platforms: Windows

CryptoNG is stable, reliable, and easy to operate file encryption software for personal and professional security. It allows you to protect the privacy of sensitive files by encrypting them with AES-GCM 256-bit authenticated encryption algorithm which simultaneously provides both data... Platforms: Windows 8, Windows 7

CryptoNG is stable, reliable, and easy to operate file encryption software for personal and professional security. It allows you to protect the privacy of sensitive files by encrypting them with AES-GCM 256-bit authenticated encryption algorithm which simultaneously provides both data... Platforms: Windows 8, Windows 7

A program for wiping deleted files in the Windows Recycle Bin by overwriting them repeatedly so that the data cannot be recovered. The program is simple to use, and works with all versions of Windows from Windows 98 to Windows 8. It is trilingual: English/German/Spanish. The Recycle Bin is... Platforms: Windows, Windows 7, Windows Server

Erases unused space on hard disks, USB flash drives etc, to prevent the recovery of information from deleted files. Any data which still resides in that unused space, albeit marked 'free', can be properly and securely deleted by overwriting it. As you may know, simply deleting a file does not... Platforms: Mac

GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one file or block device (hard disc, cdrom, etc) to another, trying hard to rescue data in case of read errors. The basic operation of ddrescue is fully automatic. That is, you don't have to wait for an error, stop the program, read the... Platforms: *nix

Stellar File Wipe is quick, easy, and secured utility to wipe all sensitive data on your Windows drives. The tool is helpful in many cases when you are disposing off your old hard drive or donating your old IT asset to others. Selling or donating computers with existing data or with merely... Platforms: Windows, Windows 7

Stellar File Eraser is a secure data wiping software that permanently erases confidential files, folders, volumes, saved login passwords, etc. stored on laptop, desktop, server, and Mac beyond the scope of data recovery. The software helps enterprises meet compliance needs for safeguarding data... Platforms: Windows, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server

CryptoMite is a fast and very easy-to-use program which enables you to encrypt, decrypt, and wipe files and folders of any type. CryptoMite adds a context menu entry to all files, folders, and drives. This lets you encode/decode/wipe them with right-click ease. CryptoMite supports building...

As you browse the internet many websites store information about your browsing habits on your computer. Every webpage you browse is also stored on your machine, and this can allow anyone who shares your computer with you to snoop and view what type of websites you have been visiting. Complete... Platforms: Windows, Other

ShyFile encodes your text (txt- and HTML-files) and packs it into an extra file that is to be attached to an outgoing e-mail or uploaded to a Web site. The recipient thereof does not need to have ShyFile installed to be able to decode since any Internet browser will open it and prompt the user to... Platforms: Windows

Guard-IE Ad Blocking Privacy Suite is the ultimate solution to the problem of pop-up and pop-under ads. Guard-IE also blocks embedded drop-down ads, and other script-based nasty functions like window re-sizing, and home page re-setting. Guard-IE is also a complete privacy suite, removing all... Platforms: Windows

Deltacrypt OneClick Public Key File and Email Encryption Software application featuring RSA protection in its public keys, encryption and public key integrity protection with hashing functions and digital signatures. Deltacrypt OneClick lets the user create and distribute public keys. Its... Platforms: Windows

Paragon Disk Wiper is the best utility you need to securely erase all traces of your activity on computer. You can have many reasons for this, even if you didn’t mind about it so far: computer is being rented and it will be returned possibly with your private information you don’t want to... Platforms: Windows

SysShield File Shredder let you permanently remove files and folders from your system easily without the possibility of data recovery. The tool is integrated with the Windows shell and you can directly start shredding by right-click on the selected folders/files and selecting "SysShield File... Platforms: Windows

iISystem Wiper allows you to clear the history of your activites from you computer. Many programs store information about your activieties on the computer. Some of this information is easy to clear, such as the History, but other information can be hard to locate and clear, for example the... Platforms: Windows

The mass media and the Internet are full of stories about used computers being sold with hard disk drives containing confidential data - banking account information, credit card numbers, social security data, human resource, accounting and other internal documents, or even restricted information... Platforms: DOS, OS/2, Windows, *nix

R-Wipe & Clean is a complete solution to wipe useless files and keep your computer privacy. The application irretrievably deletes private records of your online and offline activities, such as temporary internet files, history, cookies, autocomplete forms and passwords, swap files, recently... Platforms: Windows