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Title: Recommended Apps
Post by: greyowl on November 09, 2008, 07:41:17 PM

I am needing your recommendations on some utilities that have been proved to  be both effective and safe in the following catagories (either freeware or commercial):

Windows Cleaner

Registry Cleaner and Optimizer

Defrag & Optimizer

Secure delete of files and free space

Undelete and Recovery of deleted files

Thanks for your help.

Title: Re: Recommended Apps
Post by: rdmaloyjr on November 09, 2008, 07:54:08 PM

I really like Piriform software. :)

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_defraggler/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_recuva/

These three will do most of what you want. ;)

Title: Re: Recommended Apps
Post by: greyowl on November 09, 2008, 08:00:23 PM

Quote from: rdmaloyjr on November 09, 2008, 07:54:08 PM

I really like Piriform software. :)

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_defraggler/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_recuva/

These three will do most of what you want. ;)

Thanks for the help.

Title: Re: Recommended Apps
Post by: Spiritsongs on November 09, 2008, 08:00:33 PM

 :) Hi :

 1) Windows Cleaner - ATF Cleaner, developed by antispyware Expert
    "ATribune" & available at www.atribune.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=25 .

 2) Registry Cleaner and/or Optimizer - These are NOT "safe"

 3) Defrag - "Power Defragmenter" by RejZor & available at www.rejzor.tk .

 4) Sure delete of Files - "Unlocker" from http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker .

Title: Re: Recommended Apps
Post by: rdmaloyjr on November 09, 2008, 08:19:50 PM

Eraser (http://www.heidi.ie/node/6) is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 2003 Server and DOS.
Eraser is Free software and its source code is released under GNU General Public License.

The patterns used for overwriting are based on Peter Gutmann's paper "Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory" and they are selected to effectively remove magnetic remnants from the hard drive.

Other methods include the one defined in the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual of the US Department of Defence and overwriting with pseudorandom data. You can also define your own overwriting methods.

Title: Re: Recommended Apps
Post by: greyowl on November 19, 2008, 05:47:37 AM

Thanks you for the help.  I appreciate your suggestions which I will check out.