Active@ ERASER 4.1.0.7

If you want to get rid of a file, then you must know that by simply deleting that file you are not securely disposing of it. The operating system could simply move the file to the Recycle Bin; anyone could restore the file from the Recycle Bin. Even if you take the precaution to empty the Recycle bin (or press Shift + Delete to bypass the Recycle Bin), that file is still not securely being disposed of.

You see, there are specialized software applications out there that can bring deleted files back to life. These applications are called data recovery tools and they will recover files that you accidentally or purposely deleted. Bu if there are specialized applications that can recover deleted files, then there must be specialized applications that can securely delete a file.

Such an application is the LSoft Technologies-developed, the aptly named Active@ Eraser. If a data recovery tool can bring a deleted file back to life, this application can ensure that the file stays deleted, that the data recovery tool cannot bring it back to life.

Here is what you can expect to get from this application:
- Destroys and overwrites data on a physical drive or logical partition so that it cannot be recovered
- Provides support for IDE / ATA / SCSI hard disk drives, large size drives (more than 120GB), HDD / Floppies / Zip / FlashMedia drives
- Creates a report after securely deleting files
- Schedule Active@ Eraser tasks to be performed

If you want to get rid of files in a manner that they cannot be recovered with data recovery tools, Active@ Eraser is an easy to use, powerful application that can get the job done.

Pros

• Nice, simple interface
• Fast
• Securely delete data
• Scheduler

Cons

• Free to try (only one erasing method available in the demo version)

About LSoft Technologies
Established back in 1998 and headquartered in Ontario, Canada, LSoft Technologies is a software developer that comes up with disk utilities, data recovery products, data security products, data backup utilities, and data CD/DVD tools. As LSoft Technologies explained, its mission is to “create a software framework for your data security”. To achieve this goal LSoft Technologies came up with Active@ technologies.

Active@ Data Recovery Software is a division of LSoft Technologies Inc that develops and implements its own undelete software, techniques and methods.

Additional details about LSoft Technologies are available here.
Additional details about Active@ Data Recovery Software are available here.
Additional details about Active@ Eraser are available here.

Active@ ERASER has been reviewed by George Norman on 21 Jul 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated Active@ ERASER 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent