East-Tec Eraser 2009 9.5.1.100

Rated 50/50 by pjb at Mar 26, 2008

Continues to improve with each build. They added some new system alert thing, which could be ok for some users, however not everyones cup of tea! At least there is a easy way to disable that feature should you decide not to use it. I would have preferred an option to choose weather to install that component or not during the initial install.

Rated 30/50 by pavelsool at Jun 1, 2008

"seems a good system but takes up to 6 hrs to do a bit slow"

Rated 20/50 by pjb at Jul 10, 2008

The product remains good. The support has gone down hill. The developers need to move up a gear! They just don't seem to put an effort into def files for the latest products. To-date they still have not done anything for Firefox 3! some 23 days after release! CCleaner developers on the other hand seem more on the ball, and even supported the cleaning of Firefox 3 well before release! - Good on their team.

Rated 10/50 by Biggo at Jul 30, 2008

Still no update for Firefox 3!!!!

Rated 30/50 by pjb at Aug 12, 2008

Finally the got the update for Firefox 3. Better later than never!

Rated 40/50 by miri_sander at Dec 23, 2008

"good protection, up to date glossy design" After having used the program for about a week I definitely got to see the junk that it spares me of. Good protection in my opinion, a lot of programs cleaned of traces. Glossy is not exactly my cup of tea so the design gets a B-.

Rated 50/50 by darby1958 at Jul 29, 2009

I can feel absolutely safe knowing that all invoices and finacial records are destroyed using East-Tec Eraser 2009. The disc wipe is a great advantage when disposing of old hard drives and computers The annoying "Risk Monitor" warnings everytime I log-on. I know when I need to erase data and do not need this little icon. I have used this product since 2006 and found it to be an excellent application for destroying data such as financial dealings, invoices, personal e-mails and surfing traces. I have used the "Wipe entire drives" with great effect when changing hard drives or disposing of computers. Knowing that some drives end up in the wrong hands in India etc...I can feel secure knowing my data is successfully erased!

Rated 50/50 by TheMilkybarKid at Oct 28, 2009

"Amazing, absolutely amazing and it's the free edition" I downloaded East-Tec Eraser from dotTech and hey Presto! 35Gb returns from shadow copies and deleted but not erased files! After a complete disk clean by East-Tec Eraser my PC has 35 extra Gb How utterly blooming fantastic What a marvellous product! What's to dislike about a product that does what it says it will?

Rated 10/50 by bsvols at Nov 18, 2009

"Danger - Black Hole!" If you are REALLY quick, you can cancel the cleaning before you lose too much that you want to keep. " Eraser goes beyond the U.S. Department of Defense standards for the permanent erasure of digital information and removes every trace of sensitive data from your computer." Select "Basic - Recommended for most users", and a ton of stuff is gone forever! You will get NO WARNING, NO CHOICE,& NO CLUE to what is about to PERMANENTLY DISAPPEAR from your machine. Never again, thank you.

Rated 50/50 by massimo1 at Nov 29, 2009

I've used ET Eraser for several years. I've tried other products but always return to ET because it is comprehensive and thorough. They have responsive customer support when you need to ask about a question or feature. Good upgrade policy. Nothing I can think of. Updated on Dec 3, 2009 It's close to a week since I've installed the application and while I still believe it's great and one of the best, I've learned that it doesn't erase shadow copies in Vista & Win7 64-bit. That is a significant and serious limitation. However, that being said, I don't know of any other eraser programs that dispose of shadow copies in either 32 or 64-bit Vista and Win 7. Your only alternative at this point for full security with ET Eraser 2010 is to use the 32-bit versions of the operating system. Also, right click menu integration no longer works, but I am not sure if that is a Win7 or 64-bit problem.

Rated 30/50 by earth70 at Dec 20, 2009

"copy of CyberScrub.." it works very well.. a total copy of CyberScrub, can't remove shadow folder vista windows 7, can't find a restore to default option.. i'v used all the interner erasers and this is a very good program but a total copy of CyberScrub which is the best there is bar none but CyberScrub does remove shadow copys and the shadow folder which east tec does not and i hope this answers the ot... read more >>

Rated 50/50 by gean2012 at Dec 21, 2009

it does wipe shadow folder and files in vista and 7.. not a thing class software is cyberscrub.. don't know were other review got info from but in windows 7 when you run east-tec Eraser you get a warning right on the screen telling you that you have shadow files and do you want to wipe them two little boxes to tick yes keep no remove. plus in erase options there is a whole windows on shadow files and as other review said it is cyberscrub..

Rated 50/50 by juliu_s at Mar 19, 2010

I like it so much because, besides being really important and effective about its job, it is quite easy to be used both for Home users and business users. At least by now, I can't view any cons. It is so as efficient as fast that no weak side is pointed out. If you wish your PC or Laptop to be in good form, you must give a look to East-Tec Eraser 2010. It is able to clean them perfectly from all the junk and unuseful files which inevitably slow down their work. I've been using it for three years and more and must say it is absolutely reliable in this kind of job. You can find a lot of similar privacy software all around, but, believe me, East-Tec Eraser 2010 is the champion. It can easily get the gold medal.

Rated 40/50 by railroadguy at Apr 6, 2010

I like knowing I can wipe out all traces of my personal info on the computer in the most secure way possible. The price is fair for what this program can do, and it offers a lot of choices as to how in depth you want to be. It isn't quite as user friendly as I would like....it has a few areas for wiping traces of gmail, hotmail and windows mail that are kind of confusing, and it takes a few tries to get it right!

Rated 30/50 by R_VIE_ER at Jul 22, 2010

Good product. Works as well as any out there. In uninstall gives option to get it for free. Attempted to get it using the free TrialPay offer. It took my email address and then displayed no other otion to complete and get the program for free. Anybody know how to get the TrialPay offer?

Rated 40/50 by pjb at Sep 11, 2010

According to the change log it supports Firefox 4 Beta - I am running 4 beta 5 and it does not recognise it as installed! - other than that still a good app for what it does. - 1 star for no Firefox 4 beta support! Change Log: New and updated sensitive areas in Privacy Guard: Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta, Mozilla Firefox 3, Internet Explorer, Google Toolbar, DivX Plus Player, Windows Live Mail, Skype 5 Beta, MSN Messenger, avast! Home Edition and more.

Rated 10/50 by tuj28 at Jan 13, 2011

It worked well for about 9 months Buggy; doesn't work well since late 2010 versions and absolutely NO support Very buggy since late 2010. Freezes my computer, doesn't run when you try to run it, hits you with free trial prompts even though you bought it. "Support" means email that they don't answer or getting a message machine to leave a voice message they won't return.

Rated 30/50 by pjb at Apr 20, 2011

Although a good app, it's annoying that they don't keep fully up-to-date and support thew latest browsers. With the dev cycle speeding up these days, this is a must. They refuse to support any browser other than released! Strange when things like firefox nightly etc don't use different paths..

Rated 40/50 by grandpe1 at May 2, 2011

very good automatic cleaning had for more than two years and so far no cons other than it would help if they could speed up system PS I only have a duel core computer