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Introduction
Standards Used in This Guide
The following standards are used to provide more concise
documentation:
Table 1 User Input
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Description |
Example |
Action |
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Bold text within square
brackets. |
Press [Enter]. Press [Y] |
Press the key on the
keyboard that corresponds to the message within square
brackets.
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Bold text and operand
within square brackets.
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Press [Ctrl + B] |
Together, press the
combination of keys within the square brackets.
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Bold text. |
Click OK |
With the mouse pointer,
find the icon or button indicated and left-click that
icon.
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INTRODUCTION
This chapter gives an overview of the ZDelete application.
ZDelete is designed to help protect your privacy by
deleting files in such a way as to prevent other people from
recovering your private data after deletion. ZDelete is a data
cleanup and eraser utility that can delete selected folders,
groups of files, Internet cache, history, cookies, etc.
without any possibility of data recovery afterward. It allows
you to use the Internet without leaving any history or
residual data on your hard drive.
Integrated Disk Wiper can clear out all free space on a
hard disk so that recovery of deleted files becomes
impossible.
ZDelete conforms to US Department of Defense clearing and
sanitizing standard DoD 5220.22-M. You can be confident that
once your confidential files are destroyed with this secure
deletion utility, sensitive information is eliminated forever.
It is a powerful and flexible data shredder for information
that must be permanently directed away from the hard drive.
For safety and convenience, ZDelete provides a preview of the
list of planned cleanup paths before engaging the process.
Below is a list of main features for
ZDelete:
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Graphical User Interface integrated with
Windows
Explorer and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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Windows Drag-and-Drop and
Hotkey functionality.
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Functions reside in context command menus.
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Clear Internet
system folders, Internet cookies and Internet cache.
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ZDelete Can icon - Similar in operation to Windows
Recycle Bin but different in purpose. Where the Recycle Bin
provides a place to easily recover deleted files, ZDelete Can
securely removes data forever.
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A custom profile can be defined for the
Auto-Cleaner
feature. All defined hard drive folders and files can be cleaned
up all at once with just one click.
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With ZDelete Wizard you can easily configure
Auto-Cleaner to run automatically at a specified time using
the standard Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler.
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The program
supports custom configuration of all options; e.g. the number of
passes for data sweeping.
With today’s sophisticated data recovery utilities,
confidentiality of deleted files is questionable with existing
Windows Delete, Empty Recycle Bin, Clear History and Delete
Temporary Internet Files commands. An intruder using a
low-level disk editor or one of many
data recovery tools will find deleted files are still
recoverable. Even contents of deleted files, encrypted in Windows 2000 can be recovered. The only way to make sure that
deleted files are not recovered is to use a secure application
that explicitly destroys the data, overwriting and replacing
hard drive surface with random data as the Department of Defense recommends in
DoD 5220.22-M / NISPOM 8-306. ZDelete is
designed to be such a security tool and conforms to these
structured standards.
ZDelete can conveniently take the place of standard delete
commands in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT,
Windows 2000 on any file system (FAT, FAT32, NTFS or NTFS5).
ZDelete removes any possibility of unwanted file access or
tracing of deleted data history and eliminates any chance of
success for those using restored information against the
owner's will.
The table below lists key components of the utility:
Table 1-1 ZDelete Key Components
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Component Name |
Description |
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ZDelete Wizard |
Configure custom profile
for Auto-Cleaner, Disk Wiper and utility options. Also select
custom items for removal.
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ZDelete Auto-Cleaner |
Select standard system
folders in various locations to be scrubbed clean by deleting
and removing temporary files and recent history files.
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ZDelete Disk Wiper |
Wipe all hard drive free
space, making it impossible to recover previously deleted
files from residual data.
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ZDelete for Windows
Explorer |
For users who prefer the
Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI) this feature allows the
execution of any ZDelete commands from within Windows
Explorer. Select the file or group of items, right-click and
select a ZDelete command from the context menu. Alternately,
drag and drop files onto the ZDelete Can icon on the Desktop.
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