Securely erase files

Permanent Eraser is an awesome, free Mac software, that belongs to the category Utilities with subcategory Disk & Files.

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Since the software was added to our catalog in 2007, it has managed to reach 5,034 downloads, and last week it achieved 4 downloads.

The current version of the program is 2.3.3 and was updated on 1/07/2008. Permanent Eraser is available for users with the operating system Mac OS X and previous versions, and you can get it in different languages such as English, German, and French.

Permanent Eraser is a fairly light program that doesn’t take up as much space than the average program in the section Utilities. It’s a software frequently downloaded in Italy and Indonesia.

Corrected a bug where the program would stall after deleting 250 files.Tested and verified with Leopard.Updated application icon for Leopard.Shuts down faster

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• Corrected a bug where the program would stall after deleting 250 files.Tested and verified with Leopard.Updated application icon for Leopard.Shuts down faster

When you normally delete your files in Mac OS X, the operating system ican forget where those particular files are placed, while the data still physically remains on the drive. Beginning with Mac OS 10.3, Apple enhanced its security by introducing the Secure Empty Trash feature, which follows the U.S. DoD pattern of overwriting data seven times.

Permanent Eraser provides an even stronger level of security by implementing the Gutmann Method. This utility overwrites your data thirty-five times, scrambles the original file name, and truncates the file size to nothing before Permanent Eraser finally unlinks it from the system. Once your data has been erased, it can no longer be read through traditional means.