Thursday, August 21, 2008

Evidence Eliminator Review

The Data You Thought Was Private Isn't Really...

Are you aware that data recovery software that is currently used by private investigators and law enforcement officials such as Encase and F.R.E.D. can very easily recover and extract deleted data from any computer? The fact is that simply using the 'Delete' and 'Empty Recycle Bin' functions in the Windows operating system isn't enough to prevent that data from been recovered at a later data and compromise your privacy.

Your computer, at a glance, may appear to be clean of any data you have deleted but really all Windows has done is remove the record of the data and not the data itself. A good data recovery program, many of which are freely available online, can recover the data with ease. This potentially sensitive data is a ticking time bomb if found by your boss, spouse or law enforcement.

Even if this data is on your hard drive accidentally you will still be held liable for it. Bad things happen to good people and families everyday. If your privacy is exposed would you and your family recover from it? Would there be constant mistrust and judgment?

So what can be done to protect your privacy? Well investing in a good evidence eraser program is a big step in the right direction.

Evidence Eliminator by Robin Hood software is a comprehensive evidence eraser program. Once Evidence Eliminator has been installed on your computer you are shown a simple user interface. The program does a quick process of finding your computers system directory, user directory and program files directory. After this is done you just click the scan button and Evidence Eliminator begins its comprehensive scan of your computers hard drive.

Scan times are pretty slow with Evidence Eliminator. You may find yourself waiting around for the program to complete its scan. Once the scan has completed you are shown a comprehensive results screen showing you any problem areas where sensitive data may be on your computer.

You can they chose to delete individual files or remove all problems files in one fell swoop with a click of the mouse.

Other Features Of Evidence Eliminator:

Evidence Eliminator secures FAT, FAT32 and NTFS drives.

Even if Windows tries to prevent sensitive data files from been deleted Evidence Eliminator will make sure they are removed. Sometimes Windows will try to prevent a file from been deleted that it misguiding believes is needed. Evidence Eliminator removes the file anyway if it believes it will compromise your privacy and won't affect your computers performance.

The program comes with a stealth mode so it will run silently in the background of windows while you do other things or if somebody else is using your computer and you don't wish them to know you have the program.

Evidence Eliminator also has a safety check feature that is activated by default. This feature means files can't be deleted from your system without your consent.

Evidence Eliminator Help And Support

Evidence Eliminator has a detailed help file and online knowledge base in case you run into any issues with the software. Online technical support is also available.

Evidence Eliminator Conclusion

Evidence Eliminator is a very good evidence eraser program. It has many options too choose from and you can tweak the program to your liking but he learning curve in understanding these more advanced options is a little steep. Having said that, the program can also be used right away after installation to protect your privacy by even the most inexperienced computer user.

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