Lists of freeware cleaners

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Contents 1 Secure file deleters 2 Nuke whole disk 3 MRU/tracking cleaning 4 Index.dat remover 5 General file cleanup 6 Metadata removal 7 Misc

[edit] Secure file deleters

1. AnalogX SuperShredder - http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/shred.htm
2. Eraser - http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
3. File Shredder - http://www.fileshredder.org/
4. SDelete - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Security/SDelete.mspx
5. Other dos based tools - http://www.stunnel.org/download/binaries.html
6. See also General file cleaners like CleanCache, Cleanup!, CCleaner
7. See also Lists of freeware antispyware like Spybot Search and destroy

[edit] Nuke whole disk

1. Darik's Boot and Nuke - http://dban.sourceforge.net/
2. WipeFree - http://www.pc-tools.net/win32/wipefree/
3. WIPE OUT - http://www.lurkhere.com/~nicefiles/index.html

[edit] MRU/tracking cleaning

1. MRU-Blaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrublaster.html
2. See also General file cleanup tools like CCleaner
3. See also Lists of freeware antispyware like Spybot Search and destroy and Ad-aware

[edit] Index.dat remover

1. Index.dat Suite - http://support.it-mate.co.uk/?mode=Products&p=index.datsuite
2. Unlocker - http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
3. Yet another way to remove it - http://www.codeode.com/privacymantra/locations/index.dat/index.html
4. See also General file cleanup tools like CCleaner

[edit] General file cleanup

1. Advanced WindowsCare Personal Edition - http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html
2. ATF-Cleaner - http://www.atribune.org/
3. CCleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com/
4. CleanCache - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4122.html
5. CleanUp! - http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/
6. EasyCleaner - http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm
7. Empty Temp Folders - http://www.danish-shareware.dk/soft/emptemp/
8. Free Internet Window Washer - http://www.eusing.com/Window_Washer/Window_Washer.htm
9. IE Privacy Keeper - http://www.browsertools.net/IE-Privacy-Keeper/
10. Privacy Mantra - http://www.codeode.com/privacymantra/
11. SECRETMAKER - http://www.securemaker.com/ All-in-One
12. Sweepi - http://www.yooapps.ch/?c=produkte/sweepi5&l=E
13. System Security Suite - http://www.igorshpak.net/
14. Zappit System Cleaner - http://zappit.net/

[edit] Metadata removal

1. Doc Scrubber - http://www.docscrubber.com/
2. The Remove Hidden Data tool for Office 2003 and Office XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834427
3. TRACE! - http://www.snapfiles.com/get/tracews.html

[edit] Misc

1. EULAlyzer - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/eulalyzer.html
2. ID-Blaster Plus 2.0 - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/idblaster.html

This article is part of the Lists of Freeware Security Software: Privacy series.

Freeware Encryption software | Freeware Proxy software | Freeware Browser specific tools | Freeware Cleaners | Freeware Spam filters

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