Wiping Data and Removing Files from Bitstream

These tools are designed to ensure that data is truly gone (overwritten), rather than simply removing a reference to the data from the file system.

• BCWipe (Jetico)
  http://www.jetico.com/bcwipe.htm
• CCleaner - "freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool"
  http://www.ccleaner.com/
• cipher.exe
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315672
• Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN)
  http://dban.sourceforge.net/
• DCFLDD - an ehanced version of dd, which "can be used to wipe disks quickly and with a known pattern if desired"
  http://dcfldd.sourceforge.net/
• dd_rescue - can be used to write back over a drive to remove the data
  http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/
• EBAN - commercially-supported version of DBAN
  http://www.dban.org/eban
• Eraser (Heidi)
  http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
  http://www.heidi.ie/node/38 (getting started guide)
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/eraser/
• Forensics Wiki – Secure Deletion
  http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Category:Secure_deletion
• Mac OS X Secure Erase
  http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24002
• Ontrack Eraser
  http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/hard-drive-software/ontrack-eraser.aspx
• PDWipe (Digital Intelligence)
  http://www.digitalintelligence.com/software/disoftware/pdwipe/
• SDelete
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897443.aspx
• Secure Deletion – Electronic Frontier Foundation
  https://ssd.eff.org/tech/deletion
• Shred (Unix utility)
• Window Washer (WebRoot)
  http://www.webroot.com/En_US/consumer-products-windowwasher.html
• Wipe (Unix utility)